yo bros,
it's 2:45 a.m. prague time and i can't sleep, probably due to my intense body ache from travel and the fact that they gave me only a thick, hot comforter to sleep with. i have a large room to myself, but the outlets are in odd places, the floors really creak bad, and the overhead light barely lights up the room. though i guess it'll work for a month.
matt (the dude you met) flies in tomorrow (today) afternoon, but there's already a guy staying in the flat, chris, 29, an american from california. he graduated from the course last month, but, due to available space, he decided to do another month in the school's cheap housing. after meeting him, he told me that his principle reasons for choosing prague were that marijuana and online gambling are legal. i think he will try to make a living playing poker online, rather than teach.
chris and a young british guy, oliver, who works for the school, helped me settle in. they told me that the course was very challenging, and that last month a girl ran out of the room crying in embarrassment. however, i still feel pretty confident because chris told me that he didn't do ANY of the required pre-course task, and got away with it. just didn't feel like doing it, he said.
but oliver, the british guy, went on to tell me that after the course is finished, teaching is very easy. he said he has 3 part-time jobs and likes it more than anything he's ever done.
yesterday, after chris' gambling tournaments were finished, he took me out for a couple hours around the city. we walked to the school, then visited the different downtown districts of the city, where the streets were completely filled with tourists (my driver from the airport explained that most prague natives have a cottage in the country where they go for the weekends, which means the only people in the city on weekends are annoying tourists and people like me). overall, the city exceeded all my expectations. it's absolutely amazing here.
skype works good here, but neither netflix or hulu are available. i hope i don't have a lot of free time.
anyway, i'm sure the house seems very empty without me, but i hope you two will manage to live on. i should be pretty busy this whole week, but i'll try to keep you up to date on my happenings. i can't wait to see you guys in october.
take care,
keith
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