So sorry for the delay in blog posts. The school year started and it took us a while to catch up with things. There were so many new names to learn and lessons to plan.

Let me tell you all a little story about train travel here. First though, think of how we board  an airplane in the states. Now, take that model of semi-order and destroy it. You now have a brief introduction to train travel.

When the train pulled up, we were standing in a line and waited to see our car number.  Well, they were not numbered, at least not all of them, so we had to guess. The line behind us became the line in front of us.

We finally figured out what car to get in and waited patiently to board. Then, people started passing us. Then, it seemed like the train was ready to leave while we still stood on the steps. People were speaking loudly in Czech and various other non-English languages. Panic began to rise.

So, with a rush of adrenaline and the ferocity of a linebacker, Tonya bulled her way through to our seats. I followed, with equal ferocity and a bigger piece of luggage. Lord only knows how many bruises we left on those poor people. But, we found our seats and were able to enjoy a comfortable three hour ride to visit some friends.

The fight to get to the restroom on this standing room only train car is a darker tale, one that need not be shared here...

See you soon! Same Czech time, same Czech channel.

Last Friday was our first real taste of being teachers in a new country. The Friday class schedules that we were given were totally different than the schedules that everyone else was given.  We only found out that we were late for class when a student knocked on our office door asking where we were. We both missed more than half of our 8th period classes because according to our schedule they were supposed to be our 9th period classes. We were also late to 9th period because according to David's schedule 9th was 8th period and Tonya's 9th period wasn't supposed to be until Monday. Confused???? So were we :).