So I am sure most of you know that for the past two summers I've worked in the Outer Banks, NC at the beach.. A lot of Eastern and Central Europeans go there for work during the touristy season to make money, go to the States, and travel.. So I met a lot of Russians and Polish kids which has been a lot of fun! We take turns having parties, they cook polish/russian food for us, they make us drink their vodka, etc.. So now I am lucky to have friends in Poland and Russia! So, Tomek picked me up at the bus station in Wroclaw at 2:00am (I felt bad). At first I didn't recognize him because I hadn't seen him in two years.. he had dread locks then, but now they are pretty long! ... read more

We woke up very early today, around 8:30, got ready pretty fast, and went downstairs for our complimentary breakfast. It wasn't great, but hey this is a hostel not the holiday inn.. The first thing we did was go to the Belvedere Palace because it was far away from everything else. This palace belonged to a Hapsburg general. It was so beautiful.. the architecture, the gardens, the marble floors- I can't believe it was for a general! It was turned into an art museum... We spent about two hours looking at three floors of art. There were some old religious icons from the 1400's, there was a room full of sculptures of facial expressions during certain situations (e.g.: being hanged, smelling a bad odor), there were some impressionist paintings- even a few of Monet's, and a ... read more

So, today was the last day of Czech Intensive class... We took our test yesterday, so we were all wondering WHY we were required to go to class today. Well, I am glad I did. Or I may have missed out! We all shlepped our way to class at 9am.. but our professor was late. He finally showed up around 930am (at this point we were all wishing we were in the US because of the 15 minute rule!). He walked in with a smile- and his what..his guitar?? He unzipped the case and told us to turn to the last page in our Czech language booklets, where there are pictures of foaming beer and czech verses about pivo.. Yes, we all did learn at least one word during czech intensive..pivo..BEER. He ran through the ... read more

They weren't lying, Czech intensive is pretty intense! Our intensive class started last monday.. it is a five our class starting at 9 and lasting until 2. We have it for two weeks (ten classes). But we have reached the half way point! We have about 15 kids in each class and we get like two twenty minute breaks... I actually think its a great way to get us into the class routine.. Every morning, we wake up at 7, get ready, eat breakfast, and leave the kolej (that's czech for dorm!) around 8:40, walk to our tram stop which is 200meters away, get off at Malastranska, and walk across the bridge to our class building. We have one more week of this, and then next week, on monday, real classes start! This is funny because ... read more

Victoria Curtis Room 109A Kolej Komenskeho Parlerova 6 160 00 Praha 6 Czech Republic ... read more