The Simple Life

Slovenský Raj

When did May happen? I feel like it was January and then I blinked and now it’s the time when I told myself the time would fly by. I guess it has. Last week and now this one are strangely short, due to the two public Czech holidays of May Day and now VE Day … Continue reading The Simple Life

10 Days, 6 Cities, 4 Countries, 1 Car

Austria Countryside

Ask almost any European and they will say that Americans who come to Europe tend to be huge overachievers. To us, everything on this continent seems so close. So why wouldn’t we try to see as many places on this diverse continent as possible? For Easter break, my lovely mother, stepdad, and sister visited to … Continue reading 10 Days, 6 Cities, 4 Countries, 1 Car

All Downhill From Here

2013-2014 Czech Republic and Slovakia Fulbrighters

This past weekend marked my official halfway point of this amazing Fulbright year. As my fellow ETAs and I kicked off our Mid-Year conference weekend reminiscing about great and terrible bands of the 90s and early 00s I figured this would be an appropriate title for this blog post (“All Downhill From Here” is the … Continue reading All Downhill From Here