by Sierra Baird Traveling to another country with different customs and a different language makes me look inward at who I really am. What is my culture? I know I have one, but identifying it is like describing the smell of the room that you’ve been sitting in all day. …
by Sarah Arnoff The Start! We arrived when it was raining. Rain is not a good morale booster when the recipients of the unfortunate precipitation are already tired, hungry and completely lost. My map had nearly gone to pieces even though we were attempting to huddle under a doorway and …
by Emily Primrose “Why on earth would you want to go to the Czech Republic?” “Wouldn’t you rather go somewhere cool like London or Japan?” “What is there in the Czech Republic?” “It’s a former communist country right? Is it safe?” “Are you really sure about doing this?” These were …
by Amanda Crittenden It’s 10:00 pm and I’m sitting at the kitchen table trying to finish tomorrow’s lesson plan for my 4th graders. I tap my pencil on the Czech-English dictionary, which for the past three weeks has become part of the table centerpiece at my new home here in …
Hello, before I start babbling about how was it great and such, I want to say a few words about myself. I’m Pavlina Spoutilova, ordinary and „quite“ normal 22 years old „always teenager“ girl. The only thing that makes me a bit different is that I LOVE English. I study it …
by David Nilsson I had a lot of concerns before I decided to go to the Czech Republic. I wasn’t sure if I had enough money and I didn’t know anything about the Czech Republic or the program Project “New Eyes” ®. What was I thinking? I thought it might …
by Amanda Crittenden I didn’t leave for the Czech Republic with a plan to learn the language. My intention was to earn …
by William Hugie When I arrived in the Czech Republic the first thing I said was “why in the hell didn’t I …
by Pavlina Spoutilova Hello, before I start babbling about how was it great and such, I want to say a few words …
by Tamrika Khvtisiashvili & Josh Sarlo
by Steven Sternfeld But to set forth the good I found I will recount the other things I saw. -Dante, Inferno, Canto …
by Jiřina Helíšková I had been working as an English teacher just for a couple of months when I heard about some …
by Sierra Baird Traveling to another country with different customs and a different language makes me look inward at who I really …