Re-Entry

This isn’t really closure; but it’s as close as I can — and as close as I want to — get.

Zabijačka

My YEO pointed to his head and said, “uvnitř” — “inside.” That’s when I understood that I WAS EATING A PIG’S BRAIN. THAT’S NEW.

Ski Week!

Hi! Right now I’m on the train back from Slovakia, I thought it’d be the perfect time to make a little post about ski week. So, last Saturday I took buses and trains and finally arrived at the Rotary Ski Week in Liptový Mikuláš, a ski town in the low tatras of central Slovakia. This […]

February!?

Hi guys! I have some updates for youuuuuu! This post will mostly be a picture drop so you can see, and then I’ll do a fun post about Czech language soon, since I don’t have that much text to write here. First of all, I went skiing with my Czech family in the mountains. Look! […]

Happy Holidays + A Little Nostalgia

PŘEJI KRÁSNÝ A ŠŤASTNÝ NOVÝ ROK!! Right now I’m on my bed listening to endless fireworks go off outside and eating some leftover cukrovi and I’m ready to tell you all about my Czech Christmas! I mentioned a lot of traditions in my last post, especially a lot of “outdated” traditions that just […]

Christmas in ČR!

First I’ll tell you about Christmas, and then I’ll give an update of what I’ve been up to! Christmas in the Czech Republic is interesting because of all the traditions. I was surprised at first when I heard that there were so many because if you look it up, the Czech Republic is apparently […]

Den Svatý Mikuláš, Vanoční Koncert, Christmas Markets

Today is Saint Nicholas Day! We celebrated this minorly in Wisconsin every year by putting boots out on our porch and waiting for St. Nick to ring our doorbell after putting in candies or little toys. Here, they celebrate it quite differently! First of all, Den Svatý Mikuláš is a much bigger deal here than […]

Exploring, Painting, and Talking to Accordion Players

I heard an accordionist playing a song I recognized from somewhere so I went up to him and asked him what it was called: “dobrý den, můžu se zeptát, jak se jmenovala ta pisnička?” But I guess he was Russian, because he just said, “да да, можно! как вас зовут?”

Autumn in Karlovy Vary

Enjoy these pictures I took walking around hills above Karlovy Vary last weekend!

Orientation and More

The thing is that sometimes it can be hard to make friends in everyday life here because here is this nice little community that’s already been formed and upheld and then here you come waltzing in like

“HEY I want in!!”

“Okay, can you tell us about yourself?”

“Ummm I no speaka your language”