Prague Pictures and the Beginning of Brno

Hi Guys! As promised, I have made a site that allows me to share all the pictures that I take on this trip with you. I will continue to post some "featured photos" on the blog, but all the pictures that I took in Prague can be found at this link (click on the word link). Soon I will go out and take pictures around Brno to try to get you familiar with the city. It's a lot like Prague, just on a smaller scale. Although my host, Erik, tells me that Prague and Brno kind of have the New York versus LA thing going on, but I haven't noticed that yet.

It is amazing how little English the people in Brno speak compared to those in Prague. I assume that's because Prague is more of a tourist city, so it's necessary. But here in Brno, all the menus are only in Czech and the servers don't even know what "thank you" means. Therefore, I have had Erik order all of my meals so far since it's pointless for me to even open a menu.

My first day here in Brno, I was able to observe one of the classes that I will be working with. So I got to know the kids and see how the class was run. I think it will be a little challenging because I speak no Czech, but the kids are surprisingly good at English considering their age (average age is about 6). Since then I have been trying to adjust to the culture shock and being so far away from home. I'm getting more used to it as time progresses. This morning we took a walk around downtown and went on a 45km bike ride. And I now know more than ever that I'm VERY out of shape. Everyone here loves exercising. They walk everywhere! Since I got to Brno, I haven't been a car once. I think soon I will make a list of all the differences I have noticed so far just to see how many I can come up with :)

Well that's all for now! Enjoy the pictures and I'll try to update again soon :)