I can show this lovely place where I will be spending one full blissful week in Costa de Lisboa. I’ll be staying in The Studio, with full use of the pool, the view, and near absolute privacy. That’s my second week in Portugal. My first week is a roadtrip that hopefully leads to Gibraltar, Spain […]
I’m afraid to jinx it, but I may have gotten some good news. Good enough that I can continue to look forward to Costa Rica and hopefully I will be going to the Institute for Central American Studies in October. It’s not the school where I can sleep on the beach and take surfing lessons, […]
Oh my goodness do I have stories to tell you when I have more time. I realized today: I thought the past few years of my life had been building up to this point. I thought that Prague was the final destination. But I had an epiphany this morning – all these years have only […]
I’m having a much better day today – I’ve gotten over a nasty cold and am feeling rather… well, positive. I’m catching up on schoolwork… and I found a group called “Democrats Abroad” who just helped me to register to vote on an absentee ballot. I must get back to work now, determined to have […]
To say hello in Czech: Dobry den! (Doh-bree den)
While sitting outside on a bench eating lunch with a classmate, a little terrier came running over to us. He looked quite cute and friendly as he bounced over, seeming to want to play… and proceeded to pee on my bag of groceries on the ground by my feet. That pretty much sums up my […]
I’m becoming all-consumed with The Move. That means I might actually be posting a little less, for real this time. I’ve spent hours at the computer for the past couple days researching housing, emailing groups like American Women in Prague (through yahoo), Czech bloggers I’ve found, and sending emails to housing agencies over there – […]
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 […]
From November 1, 2003: In November 2003, I took my first trip to Prague. I had already decided that I would move there, but hadn’t yet seen it. A friend of my boyfriend-at-the-time got me an all-expense paid trip to Prague, to deliver some electronics. It was cheaper to pay for my flight than to […]
