I’ve officially been living in Prague for an entire month, life is crazy. This is a quick update so that my friends and family know that I’m alive and well and eating way too many pastries. After 4 weeks, I finally feel like I actually live here and it’s not some weird vacation dream thing.…
Berlin is a city that has been badly damaged by history but is more alive than ever. Far from the romance of Paris or Prague, the Berlin Wall paints a jagged scar through the city covered in the paint of a new generation. The bustling nightlife scene and pop punk culture makes the city…
It's like living in a soundproof hamster ball. There are people talking, yelling, laughing, screaming all around you but you have no idea what they're saying. There are posters on the walls and you can't read them. It's like being 5 again and your parents spelling words over your head. But I'm 21. And in…
I've been living in Prague for two weeks. I understand the phrase culture shock. I've gotten lost and yelled at and questioned and learned a lot. Things are different here. Small things and big things and medium-sized things. Things you don't really notice until everyone else in the restaurant is staring at you and things…
I notice more here. Everything is different and new and fresh to me, seeing this world for the first time. There's Gothic buildings and trams and Czech words covering the street signs and castles. But it's funny because I notice more of the little things. It's like waking up. A daughter holding her elderly father's…
So I began my adventure abroad in the chaos of London, England. London is a safe little step into Europe without excessive culture shock and bonus: you can already speak the language. There are actually many more differences than I had expected, but in subtle quiet ways like a lack of free public bathrooms, no…
On January 26th, 2018 I will be moving across the world. From a small farm in southwestern Ohio to the center of the city of Prague. I didn't know Czech was a language until a few months ago. I definitely don't speak it. I have never been out of the United States (besides to the…
When I first decided to study abroad for a full semester, my first thought was excitement: I was going to get to live WHERE? But then my second thought was panic: I'm going to have to pack WHAT? My international airline allows me to bring one checked bag weighing under 50 lbs, one carry on…
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