Prague With A Blog

Making connections with people can have a positive impact on our experiences. Talk about a person or a group of people you have made a strong connection with in your program and share some of your fondest memories you have created with that person or group.       This may come across as pretentious but I consider myself a unique social being. I started noticing this around the start of college, partially feeling like I did not need any friends because the best ones I could ever have were at home/I felt satiated within my social relationships. I understand the arrogance and brashness of these statements, but I had had the same friend group since about middle school, my best friend is my cousin and we are like brothers, and all the friendships I made throughout high school seemed to augment what I already had. I felt like I had enough. This leads to hours spent alone, on the phone communicating with old friends via social media, and not pursuing  new opportunities. Though I do not near

Share your morning routine and daily commute. What do you see? What do you eat? How long do you commute? Are there any places you stop on  your way? Describe what your world looks like from the moment you wake up and guide future CMCers along your daily commute to class or internship.      The commute. What sounds like a fable to most Claremont College students has become oh so real during my time in Prague. Essentially, my day begins at 7:45am – 8:00am, times unfathomable to me back at CMC. My commute is roughly 25 minutes, and it involves me walking to a metro station (which I still instinctively call the subway), riding it for four stops, then walking to my morning classes at Studio FAMU (Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze//The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). The one and only      I know, it is terrible, but I usually do not eat breakfast in the morning, as I only leave myself just enough time in the mornings to g

Homesickness is a natural part of any off-campus experience. Have you started to feel a little homesick? What do you miss about home? What have you done or currently do to help alleviate feelings of homesickness or FOMO? Describe your experience with dealing with homesickness and ways to manage while participating in an off-campus program.      I do not think I have had any explicit fits of homesickness, but rather reactionary moments that made me realize what I was fortunate enough to have had at home and do not have here. More than anything, I miss the familiarity of being at home: knowing where everything I could want and need are, knowing my way home from nearly wherever I am at, having a place that I consider to be my home. This desire for familiarity was what made me welcome Prague with open arms after Spring Break, since it was the first time in a week that I would be surrounded by a place that I felt I had at least some bearing in. Figured it wouldn't be the smartest t