The weekend of November 11, we spent it with friends of my family in a mountain chalet “Barbora” in “Jizerské hory”. It is a very friendly place located in “Lučany nad Nisou”, near the Polish border. It took us 2h30 to get to our host’s...
“Those who canot change their minds connot change anything” – George Bernard Shaw. My name is Paola Rosales Ruvalcaba and I am an exchange student in the Czech Republic (2022-2023) I am Mexican and my current time is 3 months.The first 3 months is the...
The sea of red roofs was the first thing I noticed when I arrived in Prague. The warm welcome of the fiery red roofs extending into the horizon. Behind me, cars sped by on the cobblestone street as I struggled to gather myself in this new world. Everytime time I hear...
Winston Churchill once quoted ¨ to improve means to change ¨. This is show my journey started, with the desire to change,To be better and most importantly ,to experience more to life. My name is Sankonki Dibate and I was on Exchange in the Czech Republic for a...
Here’s a quote that all exchange students hear from the very start of their exchange and know off by heart for the rest of their life. “It’s not a year in your life but a life in a year!” Well, sometimes it definitely feels like I’ve been on exchange for years...
This year has had many ups and down, there have been many experiences that me and many other students sadly missed out on. Despite that this year has been amazing, I have learnt many new things and seen some amazing sights, from castles, Slovak culture, buildings,...
One of my favourite places I got to visit was Pardubice in the Czech Republic. My second hostfamily took me there to visit their friends and to see Friendsfest. Their friend’s house was wherewe stayed for the next 2 nights. It was a great time talking in Slovak...
Day _?_ of Quarantine I lost track of what day of quarantine it is after the first week and a bit as there was no point in remembering. It’s been over a month of inside activity for me and I have lost most motivation to do things, mainly getting up early. ...
After a long two months of staying safe inside and at home, I was finally able to start going out again and seeing my friends. Amelia and I switched to our last host families in the beginning of May. Just a few short days after being with them, my host parents took me...
Hello again, everybody! As most of you probably already know, I had to make the unfortunate and difficult, but responsible decision to end my exchange year early due to the implications of the current virus and pandemic situation around the world. As a result, I...
