by Carissa Plut | Jan 22, 2020 | Long Term, Slovakia, Winter Meeting
Last weekend, the Slovakian exchange students had the winter meeting held in the Poprad-Tatras. On Friday, I started the day off in school and left after 5th class to get lunch and head to the train station with the other exchange students. We got on the train a... 
by Carissa Plut | Jan 16, 2020 | Long Term, Slovakia
This year, I had quite a different experience celebrating Christmas and New Years! Let’s start off on the last day of school. To end the school year on a good note, the whole school attended a Christmas classical music concert in the Church of the Holy Trinity on... 
by Megan Zittlow | Dec 30, 2019 | Czechia, Long Term
Moving families is one of the biggest challenges emotionally for an exchange student. Not knowing how to feel or act. When moving day came I was swarmed with many kinds of emotions both happy and sad. As I had grown close to my first host family I was feeling horrible... 
by Elsa Kasten | Dec 19, 2019 | Czechia, Long Term
Ahoj z Česka! My host family and I have made it home safely from the UAE, so as I promised in my last post, I will take some time to share a little bit about our trip. Our adventure started very early on the morning of December 1st. The journey was uneventful –... 
by Graydon Eskowich | Dec 14, 2019 | Long Term, Slovakia
Sorry for the long delay between posts! I know I’m sounding like a broken record at this point, but it’s been a super busy month once again with little free time to sit down and write. But I’m happy now to be back and writing about the amazing month I’ve had! From... 
by Maile Silva | Dec 14, 2019 | Czechia, Long Term
Thanksgiving was my first major holiday away from home and I wanted to do something for it. I also saw it as an opportunity to give my host family a new experience. The best way I could do this was to make a Thanksgiving dinner. When I proposed the idea to my host...
