After visiting Prague last summer for my friends’ wedding and enjoying the city, I intended to return again to enjoy more Vietnamese food and a respite from the hot hustle and bustle of typical western European cities during the high-tourist summer. Just a week here this time in Prague passed too quickly. So I’ll return again, for more.
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Mi Czech friends, David and Marketa, invited me to their wedding in Prague on was was my 43rd birthday, July 7th. Even though I was planning to stay in Brazil for the summer, I changed my plans and ended up celebrating my birthday at their wedding. It turns out that’s a pretty smart thing to do — you get a catered event with lots of people who want to party. I didn’t even have to pay for anything, and there was a champagne truck. I hope David and Marketa get married again soon have have a wedding on my birthday again.
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I have arrived into the Czech Republic and after a week of transitioning to a new timezone, work place and lifestyle — I love it. I write this from a small cafe serving as respite from an exhilarating, exhausting week of arrival. In such a short time I have made 70 new friends, eaten delicious (and copious!) food, walked over twenty five miles in exploration, become infatuated with and humbled by Iyengar yoga, and rekindled my enjoyment of Crossfit — in addition to working full-time. Though I have made time to record happenings in my journal, time itself is fleeting and demanded as the opportunities for exploration, companionship and learning are ubiquitous. I expect a continual evolution in myself to follow from these catalysts afforded by the daily challenges to adapt, grow and lea
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