Time keeps on slipping...slipping...slipping

Man, I can not believe that I am three weeks away from going back to the US.  I've been in Spain for nearly 5 months and it has been amazing.  It's been a couple of weeks since I've blogged so I will do a quick catch up.

World Cup Fever:
I caught World Cup fever when I watched the United States play England with my mate Gary!  Here we were; a Brit and an American...friends...with our two countries competing for position in the World Cup games.  We were in George Payne with a bunch of other Americans and Brits all routing for their respective teams.  When it came time for the national anthems to be sung I found myself belting out my own!  Crazy...there was something about singing my national anthem in a bar in a foreign country that made me feel extremely patriotic.  I can say that that I've never really thought about nationalistic pride but at that moment I was hit with a bolt of "GOD Bless America!"  I got a little teary eyed at that moment.  The game was awesome.  The US put on a good showing and tied England. So Gary and I got to remain friends:-)

World Cup Fever Continued:
Following my tendency to become a little OCD I threw myself whole-heartedly into the whole World Cup frenzy.  I cheered for England against Germany.  Germany killed them.  I cheered for Brazil against Chile...(although I did chant with the Chileans because their chants were better than the Brazilians), I cheered for Paraguay against The Netherlands, I cheered for Spain against Germany and finally I cheered for Spain against the Netherlands!  It was AMAZING to be in Spain when they won the 2010 World Cup championship!  Barcelona was alive with the fever and I was caught up in it!  Amazing

So World Cup started early and ended late.  In between life continued to provide rich experiences.  In June I was up for a teaching job in South Korea and disqualified for the teaching job in South Korea.  Also in June I interviewed for a post in Prague and was offered my first EU job teaching in Prague starting in August.  So my adventure continues on. 

Career Moves:
The day I received the email regarding the position in Prague was indescribable.  I'd kind of resolved that I was going to go home for a couple of weeks and then head down to Panama for six months.  Why Panama...well it was cheap, easy to get to, close to South America and did I say CHEAP to live.  The offer from Prague wasn't perfect but it did allow me to stay in Europe with a work contract in a city much cheaper than Barcelona AND get the experience I needed AND possibly meet the residency requirements for the EU if I choose to stay AND teach business English and NOT young learners AND did I mention stay in Europe...yes!  So, the only catch was that I had to have my CELTA completed in order to accept the position.  As luck would have it I enrolled myself in a CELTA course and started my certification in July.  So there was no reason why Prague would not work.
I can say that I did and do have some concerns about Prague but I am hoping that it is just the jitters one gets from the unknown.  I really want to have a good time there.  It is a beautiful city so that is a plus but Eastern Europeans are a cold lot...maybe that is a little unfair but the time I went to Prague was met with a frosty reception.  And although I don't always gauge my decisions on "how many other black people are doing this".  It is very obvious that Prague does not have a huge black population.  I'm a little worried about reception...but I hope that I can make good expat connections and then build on meeting Czechs as I learn a little bit of the Czech language.