10-13-2019 Dear Andie, The past few weeks have been filled with adventure…and classes. I somehow still go to those. My weekdays are devoted to my internship and lectures while I spend my weekends going on …
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Intro to Prague
9-3-2019 Dear Andie, I hope you are having a great start to your fall semester. I miss you and Madison while try to make the best of my time here. So far, the past two …
Introduction and Pre-departure Post
Hello. My name is Taylor Eilers. I am many things, but I am not a writer. I am a loyal and dependable friend, socially anxious, a bit bossy, always on time, a daughter to the …
Are There Really Werewolves in London?
No, there aren’t. But it’s hard to know for sure, since we missed the full moon by a few weeks when we made our trip. Recently I took two trips to two unique European sites, …
The 411 on Interning Abroad
Since I’ve been in Prague, I’ve been taking five classes and doing an eight hour a week internship at the Fulbright Commission. A lot of people decided not to do an internship because they wanted …
A Guide to Putting on Your Metro Face
The Metro Face: A blank, non-expressive face that one only wears when on public transportation. There’s a lot of different explanations for it, but it all comes down to one thing: in Prague, you don’t …
A Vegetarian Lost (and Found) in Prague
When I decided to study abroad in Prague, the most frequent question that people asked me (and that I asked myself) was “What will you eat as a vegetarian?” I googled “vegetarian Czech food” and …
Not Wheelchair Accessible
It’s now been a little more than a month since the last blog post, and I’ve become far more settled here in Prague. It’s been colder, but it’s not really “cold” yet; I’m sure all …
Passport Stamp #3: Stockholm
So the title of this blog is a little misleading; my passport doesn’t actually get stamped when I travel inside of the Schengen area (which is an unfortunate fact that I didn’t realize before), which …
Top 10 Adjustments in Prague
Well, I have been in Prague for eleven days, and I can officially say it is the most beautiful city I have ever seen! Everything looks like a fairytale, and even the most mundane activity, …