Adventure in center of Europe

Ahoj!

I have spent now two great months in Prague, the capital city of Czech Republic. I like this city! It’s beautiful, easygoing and cheap. There is a big group Erasmus students, so I never feel that I’m lonely and there are also almost 20 us, who are from Finland.

Charles Bridge
Charles Bridge
Old Town Square
Old Town Square

Czech Technical University is very big school and there is many courses in English, so we had many different courses to choose. Classrooms and teaching equipment are not as good and new as in Finland, but it’s not problem. When school started I got small culture shock when I saw my timetable because I’m not get used to be at school so late but here example my Wednesday is 16.00-20.00 at school. At least we got Friday off!

My everyday life is not only a school here, we have good and active ISC (international student club) here which organize everything for every week, like trip, movie nights, presentation parties and sports. I taking part every Sunday to floorball what they are organizing. We have good games but it is not so popular here for student who are from somewhere else than Finland or Sweden.

Slavia Praha - Sparta Praha, O2 Arena
Slavia Praha – Sparta Praha, O2 Arena

I have taken part of couple ISC trips (Karlovy Vary and Oktoberfest) but those are a little bit annoying trips because there is so much waiting time in trip. Usually people from southern Europe are late and we just have to wait them and I have noticed that it’s normal here in Czech Republic that if time limit is 9.30 it’s normal to wait  to 10.00 before we do anything, it’s not normal for Finnish people. After that experience we have done few trips by ourselves. Example two weeks ago we took a bus to Berlin, and last weekend we rented a car and we drove to Krakow and Auschwitz.

Olympiastadion, Berlin
Olympiastadion, Berlin
Auschwitz
Auschwitz, Poland

Overall, my time have been fantastic and this is great opportunity to see the world. It was one of the best decisions I have made.

-Sasu

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