The District 2240 ski week is known as the best week you will have while on Exchange in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. You get to see all your friends in the neighboring country for the first time since the first orientation in September. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QbF_csuB6A Getting to the city where Ski Week was being held … Continue reading Ski Week
Author: Maile Silva
Winter Orientation
Our Winter Orientation was in Třebíč. It was about a 5 hour train ride from Pilsen. Juliana(Colombia) and I left Pilsen together and met up with some other inbounds on the way. On the train Juliana and I ate cake that was left over from our birthday. The cake was super good and my host … Continue reading Winter Orientation
Christmas Orientation
Our second orientation was the Christmas Orientation. All of the Czech Inbounds stayed in Prague for two nights. Juliana(Colombia) and I met Dakota(USA) and Natalie(Mexico) in the train on the way there. The train ride from Pilsen to Prague is 1 hour 30 minutes. Once we arrived in the Prague train station we waited for … Continue reading Christmas Orientation
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was my first major holiday away from home and I wanted to do something for it. I also saw it as an opportunity to give my host family a new experience. The best way I could do this was to make a Thanksgiving dinner. When I proposed the idea to my host parents they … Continue reading Thanksgiving
My USA School vs. My Czech Republic School
Name: My school back home is called Telluride High School. Type: It is a public High school. The High school has four years. They are numbered as 9, 10, 11, and 12. But we refer to them as Freshman year, Sophomore year, Junior year, and Senior year. This is the schedule of my friend in … Continue reading My USA School vs. My Czech Republic School
Month 2
Words can't describe how amazing and crazy this month has been, but pictures can! My amazing month started out with some cake with Juliana! - Můj úžasný měsíc začal s nějakým dortem s Julianou! I went to Germany with Juliana, Natalie, and Dakota! - Šla jsem do Německa s Julianou, Natalií a Dakotou! German food … Continue reading Month 2
RYLA
This past weekend I went to Großer Arber for a RYLA event. RYLA stands for Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. We spent the whole weekend in a cabin at the top of the mountain. The RYLA was about... Etika a morálka státu, společnosti a ekonomiky v době umělé inteligence a modifikace DNAEthics and morality of the … Continue reading RYLA
1 month!
This month went by way too fast. One of the best highlights was Oriantation Weekend. I loved meeting everyone and I miss them all so much! Luckly I am in the same city as Juliana and we plan on meeting up. I have recently started Track and Feild/Athletics training. I look forward to it everyday … Continue reading 1 month!
21st Night of September
This weekend I went to Trenčín, Slovakia for my first Inbound Orientation. I traveled their by train with my host dad. We also traveled with Juliana, an other Exchange Student from Columbia in Pilsen with me. It took us about 7 hours to arrive. Juliana and I waiting for our train(It was late) The first … Continue reading 21st Night of September
Art
With my school I went to spálené poříčí for five days. While we were there we did many art related activities. The groop I was in did mostly theater related activities. One night we made our own dinners and I made Mac and Cheese. It was very successfull. Another night we watched IT. It was … Continue reading Art