Ack! My course is half over and it turns out that I have the same problems in Prague that I did in New York: jobs and apartments (and girls, but we all need good problems). It’s the real world over here, only the beer is better and more plentiful.
At school today we had a careers fair. Four recruiters represented themselves. One pitched an enticing Asia: the land of free money. Another sung a slightly creepy song about the corporate market for English in Prague, as taught by his highly corporate school. A third introduced a typical Czech English School while the fourth, who could barely speak English herself (claiming “I’m going to break my tongue”), made employement seem easy.
There are myriad schools representing a vast array of flavors: now I just need to seduce one into giving me 20,000kc a month (with transit pass and visa assistance). It’s either that or getting the S. Koreans to fly me into Asia this February, or the Greeks to toss me into a village, or the Ukrainians to pay for everything because they want English too and no-one wants to live in central-Ukraine.
All those weird and wonderful places aside: I think I’m geared to stay in Prague for a few months, at least. It’s a bountiful market and it’d be nice to gain experience in a somewhat recognizable culture.
Anyway, I still have to get this TESL certificate before I can get a good job. So back to that in the morning….
Ian eats Adventure 
Hey Ian, I hope you will stay a bit longer in Prague and cross the border to Germany in the near future.
Martha and I will go to Greenville/Otisville in November 🙂 !
Anne! I’ve got a job in Prague now and will probably stay until June, at least. I was hoping to come visit when I have to leave in a month or two for Visa reasons. I’ll send you an email with more details.
You are welcome at any time. Just remember that I will be in the States from Nov. 9th – 24th. Can´t wait to see all again.
If you come in December – lets walk around the christmas market …
Well just remember why you went out there in the first place. Because I don’t. Miss ya pal. Hope you’re finding a moment or tow to enjoy yourself.
We miss you tons! Went to your parents yesterday to visit with the Longonos and Ella was very upset when she asked if Ian would be there and I had to respond ‘no, he’s in a land very far away.’ First came the ‘Why’ followed by many more why’s when i tryed to explain. lol Good luck with your job hunt.
Oh, you’re breaking my heart! I miss you guys too. I need to fix my Skype so I can see some faces.
mmm, did she mean she was going to break your tonugue? i would go w/ that one