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2 girls, one mission: EVS in Prostjov!

Dec 2013 /Jan 2014

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First time in Prostjov

My first week in Prostjov was really good und relaxed because Lucie helped me a

lot and told me some interesting facts about our new "home country". Furthermore I

was happy that I get on well with Lucie and she (as a French girl!!!!) drinks beer, too!So for the first time we went out to a pub in Prostjov to drink some beer. Suddenly

the waitress served us two glasses of whisky. It was a funny situation because in the

meantime Lucie said me that she HATE whisky! Nevertheless we wanted to be

friendly to this brave Czech but he couldn't speak English. So after some

unsuccessful tries to start a conversation we paid our beer, said goodbye to the man

and went home. But after this funny experience, we've met a lot of nice Czech people

who are helpful and try to speak with us!

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ON ARRIVAL

In November, I

travelled to Krs ensko

to participate on a On

Arrival. It's a seminar

for all EVS volunteers,

who make their

voluntary service in

Czech Republic. So I

met a lot of interesting

people from different countries. For

one week our trainers lead workshops

(e.g. how I can learn Czech in 90

days... after this, I still am sceptical

whether it works!) and gave us time to

created own workshops. Every evening

we had free time to do something

alone. So we decided to go to the onlypub in Krsensko to drink something

an talk about our experiences, our

motivations for the EVS etc. On the

last day, we walked through the

Moravian Karst (protected nature

reserve to the north of Brno) visiting

Punkevn jeskyn, an impressing cave

with a lot of....stones! In the evening

we went to the village pub where a

party started. Besides the old music we

danced a lot. Next day we had to say

goodbye, but we won't forget this

amazing week!

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Nicholaus and other stuff!December starts - it's Christmas time!

Actually I'm not interest in Christmas

and all this stuff, but it is my firstChristmas time in Czech Republic! So I

was a little bit surprised about die

differences between the French,

German and Czech Christmas time.

For instance Nicholas day: the families

in Germany clean their shoes and put

them in front of the door in the night ofNovember 5th. Next morning they will

find sweets, nuts, mandarin and little

presents in their shoes if they are

brave. If they badly-behaved they just

get a switch from Knecht Rupprecht. In

France, they don't celebrate Nicholaus

(poor French!!!!). In Czech Republic,

the Nicholaus, Angel and Devil come

to the families and give the brave

people children sweets and other stuff.

It was really nice to see all the

Nicholas, Angels and Devils on the

streets!

The best thing of Christmas time is the holiday. So Lucie and I can come back to our

home countries and enjoy the two weeks with our families and friends. And in the

New Year, we will have enough power to learn Czech, do activities with you and

discover the Czech culture.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! / Frhliche Weihnachten und ein

gesundes neues Jahr! / Joyeux Nol et Bonne Anne!