NYU Prague Student Blog
In our final theatre show, Valentina played an NYU student who didn’t want to leave Prague. I played Hanuš, the clockmaster who built the Prague Astronomical Clock, helping her stop time. I received my acceptance to NYU Prague last October. At the time, … Continue reading Till we meet again
We arrived in Ostrava. I saw some Romani teenagers smoking on the street. It was Friday, technically, high school students should have been in school. ——————————————————————————————————— “Hey, this is Smíchov, my dude, Smíchov bro, my dude We’re in Žižkov, bro, but you know this is Smíchov You thought, bro, that— greetings to Ostrava, bro” Madar … Continue reading Holding Hands with Romani Children
*This is a fictional story for the food science class about the Prague food system in a parallel universe. At exactly noon on the first Wednesday of every month, the air raid sirens would echo across the skies of the Czech Republic. In every city and every village across the country, on every street and … Continue reading When the darkness falls…
Nicola Robinsonová lives in Vlčeves, Jihočeský Kraj, Czech Republic, about a 30-minute drive from Tábor. She and her husband run a farm there. Even though she had broken her leg in Greece a month earlier, she still insisted on hosting us. We spent the weekend volunteering on the farm. Although we only stayed … Continue reading From the City to the Middle of Nowhere
As someone with an Asian stomach that doesn’t count a meal without rice or noodles, here are my must-go Asian restaurants and cafés! Chi Xiao Mian Locations: Laubova 1659/2, 130 00 Praha 3-Vinohrady Košická 31/368, Vršovice, 101 00 Praha 10 (They have two locations, and the latter is just a 13-minute walk from Máchova Dorm.) … Continue reading Asian Food in Prague
Scored a $30 Flight to Paris? Hold That Celebration! Five crucial things you need to know before patting yourself on the back. The True Cost of the “Cheap” Flight That $30 crack-of-dawn flight seemed brilliant—until you did the math. But wait! That budget airline’s base airport is in the middle of nowhere. Before booking, triple-check … Continue reading Budget Airline Survival Guide
