Hello All,

Well my time is winding down here in Prague and I think I am going to miss it. This past week has been sad but good. For those of you that don't know, Jack left Prague on the 3rd to go back home to Maine to spend time with his family. I was happy for him, but at the same time, sad that he was leaving. I was worried that I would have a hard time getting used to him not being here, but after talking to my friend Julia who also did exchange, I felt like I should enjoy this experience in self exploration, even though it was only for a week and a half. So the day after Jack left, it was a new day. I was previously hating my final project for class, so my execution was a bit sloppy and not personal. I was making a guide book for exchange students to Prague. I felt like certain things were a bit hard to figure out, so I decided to address those things in my book. Anyways, so a week before my project was due, I decided to scrap all of my previous ideas, and start again.... If you are a designer, you know that you are committing design suicide by doing this, but! it was totally worth it. I have been super busy at school this past week ( I worked more this week than the entire semester) and really enjoying it. My classmate/other exchange student sat and critiqued my work and he helped me a lot in finding a way to personalize my booklet. Anyways today was my last class. I brought in pancakes and everyone was very excited. I think this week and a half was good for me to get back into the groove of things for next semester at Emily Carr.

I have 3 days left and no time. It is going by so fast now, and I am sad and relieved to see it come to a close. The city was great and learning this language as been quite the challenge. The schooling part was not good in the sense that I dont feel like I learned anything concrete to take back with me so I feel like I will be behind. However I feel like I did learn that I am a hard worker and like to be pushed and enjoy to learn, so maybe school showed me what I am not, and I appreciate that. I feel like this trip also did great things for Jack and my relationship and I cant be more thankful for that. I have met some great people here and even a Vancouverite from ECU, Del, who has been super cool and supportive friend here that i can take back with me to Vancouver. But finally, in this past week and a half it is nice to feel useful and creative again.Overall my experience in Prague has been really good.

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