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Chico State's Study Abroad office offers Peer Advisors as an incredible asset to students looking to learn more about traveling in their choice country by someone who has actually experienced it. April is the advisor for the Czech Republic and Russia programs offered, and studied abroad in Prague during spring 2009. I had prepared a list of specific questions and general inquiries to ask April when I went to meet with her on Monday. After showing me a video that she had put together of her stay, I proceeded to bombard her with my list. Here's what information I gathered on my most recent reconaiscence mission. The Housing Situation:- They will be furnished flats/apartments shared with either 1 or 2 other people
- Of the 2 bedrooms, 2 students in 1 room and 1 has their own room.
- There is usually one bathroom and each flat has a washer
- There is a kitchen with dishes and food storage
- Sheets and towels are provided
- April recommended bringing a laptop because the lab and library are on campus, not in the "dorms", but said that it wasn't required to bring one
- Bring multiple memory cards and back them up on your laptop or online often
- Must bring own adapters and transformers
- She brought her unlocked Blackberry abroad and just bought a Czech prepaid SIM card to insert into it
- She brought along a backpacker's backpack for traveling on weekends or holidays
- She left her stuff that she didn't bring traveling in her flat
- She seemed to think that the insurance covered just about everything, similar to traveler's insurance
- While she never had to use it, her friend did and her doctor's visits were covered
- She thinks that you pay up front at the visit and then keep your receipts to be reimbursed by the insurance
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I have recently decided that during the Fall 2010 semester, I will be traveling to Prague through California State University, Chico's Study Abroad program. Among the reasons I've chosen Prague over say, Paris, Brighton or Madrid, location and price are at the top of the list. Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic, located in Central Europe, sandwiched between Germany, Poland, Austria, and Solvakia. According to www.weather.com, the average temperature in Prague during September, the month of my arrival, is a high of 65 F and a low of 48 F; which cools down to a chilly high of 36 F and low of 28 F during December, the month I will be leaving Prague. It is also fairly cheap to live once in the Czech Republic. The current exchange rate as listed by the Czech National Banck (www.cnb.cz) is 17.53 CZK to every 1 USD. The program I would be using through my campus, USAC, doesn't include housing or airfare, but gives rough estimations of 7,500 CZK/month and $1,300 respectively.The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy.
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