I made it!

Newsflash! I'm here and I"m alive!!!

After an eleven hour flight, another half an hour flight and a car ride yesterday I finally arrived at my flat in Prague!

Sofar the two days I’ve been living in Prague have gone pretty well. The head english teacher at Milady Horakove and his best friend (who just so happens to be the principal) came to collect me from the airport and drove me back to my flat. (photos to come!!)

About an hour after arriving in my flat I had my first cross-cultural adventure...the great hunt for milk. There is a small supermarket (Postraviny) across the street from my flat so, out of convenience and also because I haven’t figured out public transportation yet, I decided to go there. While I was at the market I decided that I wanted some cereal to go with my milk, so I asked the cashier to help me find it. Since she had no idea what I was talking about so we played a little game of charades. Thanks to the charades, I now have cereal. Woot woot!

The next day (Saturday) the head English teacher from Milady Horakove brought one of the students from our school and her friend to show me around the city. At first the girl who will be in my class was afraid of me because I’m the first native English speaker she has ever spent a significant amount of time talking to, but as we walked and talked together she felt alot more comfortable. Her friend attends a private English Gymnazium, so her english skills are really good. I think my student felt more comfortable because her friend was there to help her.

On our tour we took public transit to Wenceslas square, through Old Town Square and through the Pragye castle gardens. Last year I had wanted to see the gardens but didn't have time....I was not impressed. Apparantly they are only beautiful in the springtime.

After the tour one of the girls had to stop at the market for some groceries to make her dinner. Some of the boarding schools let the students make their own meals in a community kitchen. While in the market the girls were very nice and helped me find everything I needed. It was very cute how excited they were to help me find everything.

For some reason, I was expecting the students to be sort of stand offish toward me, but they were both very sweet and very excited to get to know me. After today, I’m even more excited for school to start so that I can meet the rest of my students at both of my schools!