Hey everyone this is my first post on my blog about my year in the Czech Republic. I don't know how often I'll be updating it, but I will be using it throughout the year so keep checking back for updates.
I've only been here for two days, but it feels like I left the US so long ago. Everything is different here, from the houses to the towels. I've been a little overwhelmed what with everything being in Czech and whatnot. The entire cultural change is overwhelming too. Lunches are ridiculous here. The entire day stops to have lunch. It was the first thing I did with my host family when I got here. We had soup first and then chicken and rice. My entire host family sat down and ate together and they all talked over each other in Czech and had a great time. Today (Sunday) after church we went to my host grandmother's house for lunch and the entire extended family came by to eat. It was so different to have everyone living close by each other and not 16 hours away on the other side of the country. It was before lunch that my little host cousin showed me his childrens czech to english book which covered seasons, holidays and things like that. He's about six or seven and he would read the word in czech and I had to repeat it. It was probably the stupidest I've ever felt in my entire life, but it did help me to learn a couple new words and was interesting to read. School starts in about a week and I'm more than a little nervous for that since I still don't even have a schedule yet. I did get to drive past my school today; it's a large four story yellow building that looks very interesting from the outside. Tomorrow I have to go to the "police" as my host father said, to finalize some visa stuff and on Tuesday I'm either going to Brno (a nearby city pronounced "Burno") or going to see a movie. It should be an interesting couple of days leading into a very interesting year. Uherský Brod is a gorgeous city in a valley with many beautiful buildings in it. I'll put up some pictures once I have them. I'm having a great time here in Europe and I can't wait to experience more, but I do miss home, especially my basement room since my room here is on the third floor and rather warm in comparison.
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just so you know, this is the third time i've tried to post something.
ReplyDeleteso im going to try to re create what i said previously. im glad you got there safe and had a decent flight. i miss you a lot. sounds like your having fun though. it's pretty cool that theres a lot of family nearby; we're definitely not used to that. k so here are some random questions:
is the keyboard different? are you understanding some of what they say? does anyone speak english for you? what kind of yellow is the school? do you know how many kids are in the school? what does the phrase in czech that you typed mean? do you say that a lot? am i being annoying yet?
last question, does your host dad, Dusan, really look like NYPD Blue cast member Dennis Franz or is it just the picture.
Slash how is Jirka?
anyway make sure to check your facebook, i wrote more there. hope your having a good time; so far your trip sounds busy. k well i love you and i miss you so much. its weird with just daniel. definitely have our hands full here. the plays tonight again,. wish him luck :)
Hi, Timothy, we enjoyed your first entry, especially all the details. But do tell us how the towels are different.
ReplyDeleteWhat's this about you taking 16 subjects in school?!? This could really get interesting.
Have you found out what reminders are yet?
Much Love, Mom and Dad
This is great! Thanks for the blog, and know you're being followed with great interest! I'll tell the Rotary gang that you've arrived safely and are already very immersed! (Does the cliche, "Like drinking from a firehose" fit?) Be well - Bill P.
ReplyDeleteBonjour,
ReplyDeleteWell im glad you arrived safely and everything sounds like a super cool experience. Yeah the towels? and yeah we start school on tuesday.. oh boy.. and I dont have Madame Jacobs anymore i guess its Kazmieder (dont know how to spell that) but it should be fun, i guess. Well keep posting on here!!
-Ben