Husband arrived in Berlin the day after my program ended so that we could spend a week just enjoying Berlin together. Originally, we’d thought to go to Copenhagen for a couple of days – but a couple of my classmates had tried to talk me into a couple days in Prague during our free weekend. […]
This (to the left) is a screenshot of an email I was sending to myself of things to remember to pick up at the store. For some reason, I still, unconsciously, continue to spell “jogurt” with a ‘j’, Czech style. I do the same with ‘jo’ (instead of ‘yo’). And now that I’m learning Deutsch, […]
When teaching the English language, entertaining word #583 is ‘tender.’ Try explaining why you can use it to describe feelings AND meat.
Here, in the Czech Republic, “Mr. Clean” (as in the bald-headed cleaning man in the tight white t-shirt with the hoop earring) is “Mr. Proper.”
Funny little thing I noticed about Prague people… In my teaching, I get sent to various companies. Many of these companies are in buildings with many floors, and have elevators. I noticed that every time someone got off a elevator, they said, “Na shledanou.” (The Czech version of ‘au revoir,” typically said anytime you leave […]
To say hello in Czech: Dobry den! (Doh-bree den)
Tonight, after 7 hours of lone wandering around the city, was the first time I thought, “I don’t want to go back to the flat yet, I want to stay out.” But my back and feet were killing me, and I had too much crap I was carrying. I couldn’t get the keys they gave […]
