NYU Prague Student Blog
By Jackson Beer A striking and immersive show which was like nothing I had seen before; the opening performance of the festival was Extinction Room by Sergiu Matis. The show had the audience on their feet walking around a black box theatre as performers embodied the movements and sounds of extinct birds and recited monologues … Continue reading Bazaar Festival: an Internship to Remember
By Joanna Yip During my spring break, I visited Marrakech, Morocco. My excitement for my first trip to Africa could not be contained, and it is difficult to fully express in words. I had heard amazing stories from my older brother who visited Morocco seven years ago, and I could not wait to experience it … Continue reading Morocco: The Lovely and The Ugly
This piece was written as a collaboration between Joanna Yip, a member of NYU Prague Now, and Anna Vařeková, a student from a Czech high school who writes for their magazine ALEO. Joanna writes about her transportation experiences in Prague which are greatly different from her usual route in NYC. Anna explains her commute in … Continue reading The Usual Route Home
By Alessia Diez Most study abroad students’ weekend travels bank on two things: budget airline tickets and cheap hostels. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, the latter lost its appeal: cramped quarters and close contact with strangers were the antitheses of COVID-19 safe guidelines. Now—in a half-pandemic, half-endemic world—hostels are making their comeback. My last few … Continue reading Hostels: The One Thing Resistant to COVID-19
By Olympia Nelson This past weekend I had the opportunity to travel to Detmold, Germany to take a private lesson with one of Europe’s finest violists, Diemut Poppen. Thursday evening at 6:06pm I hopped on the 4.5 hour long train to Berlin, then the 4 hour train to Bielefeld, Germany, and then finally the … Continue reading A musical trip to Detmold, Germany
By Alessia Diez The months that preceded my study abroad were, admittedly, glutinous. New York City is pregnant with vegan options, and every day there’s something new to try. New York’s not alone in the vegan scene. I’d also heard a lot about Berlin, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam. What I hadn’t heard about was … Continue reading A Prague Vegan’s Bible
By Jane Wrenn A couple friends and I traveled one Friday night to the Estates theater to see the Kafka ballet; as we are all in the class ‘Kafka and his Contexts’ and are here at NYU Prague, it felt fitting. Walking in, we marveled at the towering columns and the gorgeous baroque interior. I … Continue reading A Trip to See the Kafka Ballet
By Hannah Butts On Wednesday, March 2nd, NYU Prague hosted Michael Romancov, a leading expert on political geography at Metropolitan University Prague, to give a talk titled, “An Overview of the War in Ukraine.” In his talk, he spoke about Vladimir Putin, and gave context to NYU students about how the state of affairs … Continue reading How Did We Get Here?