“Nashledanou”, you’re probably pronouncing it wrong; “sh” sounds like “sk” in Czech. It means, goodbye, see you later, or so long and I think it is a great word for how I am feeling about leaving Prague today. As work came to an end this week, I thought about my time here in Prague and the…

This Sunday was one for the books. Five of us decided that we couldn’t leave the Czech Republic without visiting the famous city, Cesky Krumlov. I had first heard of Cesky Krumlov before I left for Prague from my aunt. She had been traveling through Germany and somebody had told her the one place in…

  It has gotten to that point in the trip for me where I am starting to miss certain nuances about the United States like getting water as soon as you sit down at a restaurant and your waitress asking how your meal is going. Customer service and hospitality is not a strong suit for…

There are two instances where I have noticed that respecting other people’s time and effort does not exist. I believe these two instances must do with the stereotype of Central/Eastern European honesty and bluntness, however, in the professional world I expected different. And perhaps I am inexperienced in the professional world and should have expected…

Before writing this blog post I was going through the list of topics to make sure I was hitting everything and one I missed was the global and national environment and the external factors affecting the company I work for. I began to think about something interesting I learned while on my trip in Liberec….

As I mentioned in my previous blog post, the company I work for is currently trying to make an opportunity out of a challenge it is facing. BPR is a full-service, public relations and marketing firm. BPR specializes in sport and event marketing and is equipped with a full-service travel department as well. However, BPR…

The other intern at my office, Camille, and I finally got to visit the main office of BPR in Liberec, Czech Republic. Liberec is an hour north of Prague and a much smaller city. The drive there is picturesque and when you enter the city you can only see mountains on either side of you….

How does an all expenses paid trip to Vienna for two nights and three days sound to you? Great, but what is the catch? This past Wednesday, June 14, I left for Vienna, Austria with my supervisor for a business trip. I was excited and ready for an adventure and even more happy that I…

I started my second week of work at Bohemia Public Relations this week and it was much different than my first week. My first week started off a little shaky, my supervisor, Venka, was on holiday the first day and since she mainly works in the Liberec office there was nobody on the marketing team…