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- Dobry Den.
My name is Joanna and I'm from Canada,
but I've been living in Prague for most
of the past two years, and today I'm gonna be talking about
living in Prague, living in Europe,
and teaching English online.
So if you're interested in these things, keep watching.
So this is the view from the balcony in our flat.
I feel super fortunate to live in such
an incredibly beautiful place where I can
just open my window or come on the balcony and see this.
Okay, so now it's time to talk.
I was gonna do this outside on the balcony,
but now it's super noisy there, so I'm inside
and I wanna get down in to it 'cause I remember
what it was like to be super confused.
Not knowing where to move.
Not knowing what I was doing, and I wanna help.
So the first thing you just need to get out of the way
is you need to pick a TEFL program.
I know that there are a lot online, and I can tell you
why I picked ITA, and that's the alumni groups.
There are a Facebook groups for so many different countries.
You can join as many as you want,
and it's super cool to me that I have these networks
in so many different countries.
So that was a huge selling point to me, and also the fact
that I was able to do my TEFL course online.
I did that so that I was able to do it from home,
save up money, and then move abroad.
Once I finished my TEFL program
and was ready to go to Europe,
I actually went to Italy first for a summer.
I worked for a program that would put you in host families
and you'd be there for one or two weeks,
and then they'd move you to a new city.
It was a super authentic way of seeing a lot of Italy.
And then after Italy, I came here to Prague.
And, I have to say, I've traveled through a lot of Europe,
but for me, there's not place like Prague.
I'd never been to Prague, or Europe at all,
before I moved here, so I came here with just
the information I knew from the internet.
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I can think of so many reasons why I love living in Prague
and one of them is also public transportation.
It's super easy to get around.
I walk everywhere or use trams or Metro
and it's just really convenient and nice.
And, actually, now I'm my way to a video shoot.
So, as I said, I'm on my way to a video shoot.
I work as a photographer, videographer, and English teacher.
I teach online for VIPKID and it really gives me
the flexibility that teaching in a classroom,
a regular classroom, wouldn't give me
so I can do the other stuff.
When I first moved to the Czech Republic,
I did actually teach in regular classrooms.
And there's definitely pros to that as well,
but I just really like teaching online now
because I can travel more with it
and do more photography and videography.
It's kinda funny for people to hear me say that I
live in the Czech Republic but I teach English
to kids in China, online.
It's a bit confusing, but it honestly does the trick.
It helps me pay my bills and then I get to live here.
So, now I'm at the location of my video shoot,
and I'm gonna be getting ready for that now.
I wanted to say, thank you for following along
on my Instagram takeover.
It's been a lot more challenging to get across
all these little pieces of info that I want you to know.
But, basically, living in the Czech Republic
has been amazing for me.
It's in a super good location within Europe.
It's given me the opportunity to travel around
to lots of other places and I really love it.
If you have any questions, feel free to message me
on Instagram and I will get back to you.
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