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It’s been almost two months since I arrived in Malaysia on January 4 for the English Teaching Assistant Fulbright grant. Before I came to Malaysia I was spending time in Prague, Czech Republic working as an on-site coordinator for the ECES office at Charles University, I then went to Ireland for three weeks to take
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Home

Pros: free bed comfortable bed closet homemade meals family time friend reunions the holidays in NY! american coffee   Cons: american coffee Long Island accents driving everywhere phone works EVERYWHERE lack of internationals no cobblestone streets to wander same thing, different day So I’m home, I’ve been home for about a week. As I sit
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Airport Reflections

It’s my last day in Europe, for now. I say for now because I know I’ll be back, but all the same, the last day of an extended trip always feels kind of strange. Its strange because you know what you’re going home to. After three and a half months of waking up and never
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Saying Goodbye

After Halloween I had about a week and a half left in Prague. During my time in Prague I had been working at the ECES office in Charles University, which has been a great experience. It has been so rewarding to work on the Czech side of the program that made me who I am
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Life in Czech Republic

As a study abroad student I will be the first to admit that there was point a got a little too carried away in “the country count” – how many countries can I get to during my semester abroad? This happened around the spring time when the weather started getting nice and I was more
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Fairy Houses, Sandstones, and Ice Cream

During my time abroad I am not only preparing for my time as a Fulbright ETA by taking a TEFL class, I am also working in Prague as an In-Country Program Assistant for Charles University – in short I am a New Paltz representative in the ECES office and I assist the staff on various
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Overnight Trains, Fire Breathing Dragons, and Perogies

This past weekend my boyfriend and I took an overnight train from Prague to Krakow, Poland. Personally, I love overnight trains. The first overnight train I ever booked was when I had plans to meet my friend in Internlaken, Switzerland. I went to the Prague train station and booked my ticket a few days before
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Best Friends & Oktoberfest

The past ten days have been great! My best friend from home came to visit Prague and we spent four days in Munich and Bavaria to celebrate the opening day at Oktoberfest. The amount of people at Oktoberfest was like nothing I have ever seen and I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of Germans
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Weekend Adventures

Let me start this post by explaining what I will be doing after Prague. In January I will be going to Malaysia on an ETA Fulbright grant to teach in a secondary school for ten months. As pre departure prep the Fulbright committee in Malaysia has set up a Facebook group for the grantees to
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Home Away from Home

Two and a half years later and I am back in the most magical city in the world. I arrived back in Prague about four days ago and just one step off the plane and I remembered why I love this place so much. As we stepped off the plane the first billboard I saw
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Backpacking the Balkans

Before I arrived in Prague on September 4, I decided to take a month long backpacking trip through the Balkans (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, and Croatia). I had never explored this part of Europe before and only had a basic idea of what it might be like from my high school mythology course and silly Hollywood
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