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Cooler Than Oktoberfest

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 / wweaver23 / Leave a comment

Žatec, Czech Republic is home to one of the largest, if not the largest, exporters of hops worldwide. Every fall, the town of 19,000 celebrates with the Žatec Hops and Beer Festival.

Whitney like Houston, Weaver like Sigourney

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 / wweaver23 / Leave a comment

This week kicked off the beginning of my official Fulbright grant to Czech Republic. For the next ten months, I’ll be living in Hejnice (Northern Bohemia) teaching at a Secondary School focused on agricultural careers.

To Adventure!

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 / wweaver23 / Leave a comment

“And I asked myself about the present: How wide it was, how deep it was, how much of it was mine to keep.”

Tenkrát v Hollywoodu (Or, Seeing an American Film in Europe)

August 18, 2019August 18, 2019 / wweaver23 / Leave a comment

I want to share the experience of seeing an ultra-American movie while abroad. Two things to know off the bat: The theatre was packed, and a Friday night movie in the center of Prague only ran me $6!

Prague’s Jewish Ghetto

August 14, 2019August 18, 2019 / wweaver23 / 1 Comment

Today we went on a tour of the Jewish Ghetto of Prague. Learning about the way this sect of Czechs lived their lives was a valuable insight to the Jewish culture and their importance within Czech culture.

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