Settling in

...to Prague!

I have a room in the center, a nice job, I'm surrounded by great people, but I have to admit that I'm having some growing pains.

What I'm doing now is something I've never done before. Even though I have my co-workers, flatmates and friends, I'm alone in the sense that no one is going to take my hand and walk me through.. anything. I'm not an exchange student following the crowd to classes and parties, I'm an actual "grown up" person who came to a foreign country, alone, to live and to work.

I'm definitely not unhappy, just the opposite, but at times I've felt a bit uncomfortable. But I'm very motivated to get through this. Because right now I'm going through a learning process on many levels. How to get by in everyday life, how to behave in this new culture, how to communicate, how do the people here see things, what do the people here think about me, who am I, really?

When you're in your normal surroundings, with the people you know, doing the things you usually do, you feel comfortable (and that is a good thing, of course), but you have stopped learning. When you do something new, and it doesn't quite work out at the beginning, and you're feeling uncomfortable because of it, it means that you're learning. But if you keep trying, bad feelings will turn into good ones, and you will become better in it.

That is why I'm motivated. I believe that I will become stronger, more socially skilled and perhaps even mature after this.

Just to lighten the end of this post I wanna tell you that I'm absolutely enchanted by the bright moon above the old town. When I'm walking down the narrow streets of the old town at night, I almost feel like I'm in a different time. All I need is a dress, a wig and powder! :)