My Study Abroad Adventure

Welcome! 

Hi! I am Tempe! I am an American college student, a junior at a small college in Virginia where I double major in Business & Psychology and play volleyball. I will be spending my spring semester abroad in the magical city of Prague, Czech Republic.

Join me as I live and travel Europe for the next five months, tackling an internship, a summer course, and life in a completely new culture! Please feel free to comment and share your own input or experiences on any of my posts!

About My Adventure

I told you about some of the things I am looking forward to and some of the things that make me nervous in Exciting & Terrifying, but really nothing about my adventure. So, here goes:


I am spending my spring semester abroad in the Czech Republic. I will live in Prague, but I plan to travel around Europe throughout my stay. Instead of traditional study abroad taking classes at a university, I will be working a marketing internship with an upscale fitness brand. My internship will be 14 weeks and span from February through mid-May. I haven't decided whether or not I want to tell you where I am doing my internship. Hmmm...I probably will not ;)

After the completion of my internship, I will have a two-week break during which I will be traveling to a few different countries. A friend or two from home are planning to meet up with me and we will travel around Europe together. Yay!! I cannot wait for this part! Not only will traveling with my partner(s) in crime be hilarious and oh so much fun, but after 14 weeks, seeing someone from home will be ah-mazing! I look forward to it, even though I haven't even left!

After the amazing two weeks of traveling, I will take a four-week summer course at the University of New York Prague. Psychology of Extremism sounds pretty dang cool by itself, but getting to take it abroad will be an interesting little experience. By the way, there are no classes on Fridays...yup, the US is doing something wrong....



SoOoOo that is the skeletal layout of my trip. Other interesting tidbits include:

• My roommate and one of my best friends, Carly (Carl), is also studying abroad this semester. She arrived in Rome, Italy less than a week ago, and is already having the time of her life - lucky duck! Here is the link to her blog, which makes me super jealous. I love her and miss her and cannot wait to take advantage of the fact that we are both in Europe at the same time! Check out her Roman Ventures
• An acquaintance that I attended high school with will be in Prague at the same time as me. It will be so nice to have a friendly face close by! I haven't found her blog yet (although I bet she does or will have one), but you can be sure that when I do, I will post links!
• My heritage is heavily German and Polish. I cannot wait to visit the Motherlands!!
• I will be returning to the States the first week of July, and another of my good friends, roommates, and teammates, Kala, is getting married the following week. I am one of two Mistresses of Ceremonies (along with Carl, the one in Rome), so I will need to take a crash course in Kala and David's wedding! Yikes!  They are the cutest couple in all of eternity and might make you barf a little from jealousy (see below) *sigh*
• I am brand new to blogging, so this is certainly part of the adventure, too! 

**UPDATE** 

Pictures:

Me & Carly, my roommate and BFF from the States

David & Kala, the cutest couple ever; soon to be married

My main partners in crime (L to R), Mikaela, Carl, Cay, Alex, me; yes, this is typical.

But, we can act normal (sometimes), too.