Dear Readers,

It’s been a long time since I checked in with you all. How are you? If you are like me, you probably have more to do than hours in the day. But, I’ve really missed my writing, and so I’m back.

One of things that kept me busy for a long time here in Prague was working on my Czech citizenship, and guess what? I am now a citizen of the Czech Republic, which also means I am now a citizen of the EU. ( I still have my US citizenship as well in case you’re wondering )

I also received a birth certificate, as every citizen must have one. It seems I was “born again” in the city of Brno where this legality officially takes place. This is what a Czech birth certificate looks like……

Now that I’m “official” I feel even more motivated to learn the very complicated Czech language. I studied it on my own, in an online class, and with a private tutor before I ever left the US. And, I took a several month long course here in Prague, but I’m still at an A1 level! There is a reason that only 10 million people in the world speak Czech- and they are the 10 million people who live here! I am reminded of advice given by Dave Barry who once said that “the best way to learn Japanese is to be born in Japan to Japanese parents.” Oh well, I am determined to at least reach an intermediate level….

Anyway, I continue to teach and happily live in my adopted country. I hope you all are well. Thanks for reading!