Family leave now, shoo, turn back, don't read it you'll regret it. GO back to safe territory. You have been warned. As the title suggests, this post is just a fun one about dating in the Czech Republic from my experience. But fun thing I recently learned is that most Czech people will not use … Continue reading Budeš můj Valentýn?
The month review
Made it, one month in, so let's see how we're doing... It's been an interesting month of highs and lows, conditionals and articles. But finally got into a teaching rhythm and sussed out my students. By now it's been 5 or 6 weeks and me and my students are pretty comfortable with each other. It's … Continue reading The month review
Cheese and the multilingual problem
So this is something I've been wanting to write about since arriving in the Czech republic, as a non-Czech speaker in a small city it can be very hard to communicate with people, as English is not as prevalent here as say Prague. And it is just sooooo frustrating. I, like most people, was taught … Continue reading Cheese and the multilingual problem
Culture Shock: Czech edition
So I have been living in the Czech Republic for almost a full month already, turns out time flies when you have a job, who'd have thought? Some people still can't believe I did it, apparently some family members weren't listening and think I'm in Sierra Leone, and others just keep saying how jealous they … Continue reading Culture Shock: Czech edition
Week 3: The plague
Monument of the day: I give you the skyscraper! No joke, my apartment building is bigger. But that building was once the tallest in Europe. Okay so it wasn't that dramatic but what can you do. This was possibly the coldest week, less snow more frostbite, I was walking around like a giant marshmallow with … Continue reading Week 3: The plague
La gente esta muy loca
Don't ask about the title, I am listening to early 2000's music while I write. Photo from an 'English pub' in Zlin, one day I will introduce them to a wetherspoons and blow some minds So, as you may have noticed I have now been living in the Czech Republic for two weeks. By now … Continue reading La gente esta muy loca
Week 2: what fresh hell is this?!
The school yard before the snow melted And that's a wrap on week number 2, I have never talked so much in my life and goddamn it is exhausting. Signed all the official paperwork so I am now Officially stuck here for the next 6-9months, oooooh boy. Not going to lie I was struggling this … Continue reading Week 2: what fresh hell is this?!