–Thank you so much for your comments on this post! I’m so grateful for all of your support. I haven’t talked much about wedding planning yet but since it has its unique challenges from abroad, I’ll share some soon…including our wedding date! Which (**spoiler alert**) is kind of alarmingly soon.
–I only have five weeks left of school! My private lessons will continue, and I’ll be taking part in several English summer camps, but my schedule will lessen considerably. I see-saw between exhaustion from barely surviving my crammed days to feeling nostalgic about saying farewell to all of my students.
–Prague has changed in these recent weeks. We’re really seen the influx of tourists, and it impacts so many things, from trams (they are stuck in traffic more!) to communication (suddenly everyone is speaking to us in English!). While I am loving the weather, although it is inconsistent, I am missing the quiet winter days of Prague.
–We are missing our visitors! One of our favorite couples came to visit for just over a week at the beginning of May. I planned like crazy and wanted it to be perfect, as they were our first visitors and I wanted them to have a fantastic trip. Of course, it wasn’t perfect, but I think it went really well and I’m so, so happy they came! Cue the homesickness, though!
–I am always a sucker for a view, but after the Budapest flat, I am obsessed with finding rooms with views for every trip if possible. Especially as we had stayed up all night on our poorly chosen night bus, and our friends were terribly jet-lagged, and we wanted some relaxing time. The view and the balcony made us feel like we were still wandering around Budapest, while actually chilling in our pajamas.
–After a long weekend in Budapest and a few days in Prague, our little group headed to Ireland. It was my second time there–the first time was in 2007, though!–and I’m still obsessed. While it was my first trip to Dublin–and I didn’t love Dublin as much as I hoped, although it’s a nice city–I am completely enamored with the Irish countryside. What is it about it that makes it just…pure magic?! I am already plotting on when to go back…
–My parents will be here in ONE MONTH! I can barely contain myself. They will be spending a few days in Prague while I wrap up my school year, then we are heading to Salzburg/Hallstatt (because they can’t not go after I raved about it so much), Bavaria, Munich, and Karlovy Vary! We will also be driving and I can’t wait for a road trip. Any recommendations on any of those places are always welcome!
–My cousin is coming in early June, and E’s family is coming in July, just to Prague. I am planning a variety of day trips, but mostly I am so excited to continue to explore more of Prague. I made it up into the castle grounds for the first time with our visitors in early May, and I was ashamed I had waited so long–it’s incredible! And that’s only the part that was free, ha!
–We are having some visa issues that are making our work schedule this summer complicated, so to help things out, we are leaving the Schengen zone for three weeks in July/August. I would make you guess where we are going but I’m too excited…drumroll please…Croatia! Well, hopefully Croatia and Montenegro, to be exact. I am really holding out that we can make it to Slovenia, as well, but it may not work out with visa stuff. sigh. Either way, it will be an epic trip and I cannot wait! Now I gotta go earn me some money for it…and please!! Send tips.
–I/we have finally made some hard choices about our future (or the next year at least). I’m not quite ready to make announcements on everything–from whether or not we are staying in Prague to our wedding date to our honeymoon–but stayed tuned! Announcement coming later this week!
Tell me…what’s going on recently with you? I want to know!