Sorry it's taken me a little bit to get back with y'all, but I just landed in Brno a few days ago and have had to do a little bit of work to get all my stuff figured out. Anyway... I love it here!!!! I was picked up by my new friend Mirek from the International Student Club (ISC) at the bus stop (I took a bus from Prague to Brno). I have just been moving in and meeting new people since I got here. We are all taking an intensive Czech language course from 1:30pm to 4:30pm every day this week so hopefully I will be able to speak and understand basic Czech when I'm done!
ISC organizes a ton of events for all the international ERASMUS exchange students here, including tours of Brno, party nights, boat and tram parties, etc. etc. and they do a great job of it. Tonight is our "Welcome Party" at the bar/club right next to our dorms, so it should be a lot of fun! I'm definitely looking forward to more events and opportunities through ISC throughout the semester.
There are approximately 300 students here on exchange.... And only 2 Americans! I've made friends from all over the place, including Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Greece, France, Russia, Australia, Bulgaria, and more. Everyone here is really nice, and all the other exchange students love to have fun so it makes for a pretty good time! Most of us also live in the same building which makes it easy to get together and make plans.
My roommate is from Russia and he is studying the Czech language here full-time. He is a little quiet, but a super nice guy... And he lets me use his WIFI! One thing that surprised me, and all the other exchange students, is the fact that the internet is all via cable hook-up. Several students brought their own routers though, which works perfectly well!
Well, I'll post a few pics of my room for you to check out...
Classes start this upcoming Monday. My faculty, the Faculty of Information Technology, is a little bit of a walk away from where I live... About 30 minutes from what I was told. Brno University of Technology seems to stretch throughout the entire city! Trams and buses are both awesome ways to get around... I will probably just walk to FIT for my classes though. It'll be good for me :)
Well, I better get going to my language course! I am trying to get on a tour of underground Brno tomorrow... If I do, I will definitely post some pics! I'm very happy to be here!!!
Na zdravi!! (Cheers) :)
