Alexandra Saulenas, Amzie Dunekacke, Emily Kohlman, Jennifer Dorn, Lizzy Ehren, and Parker Henry are lifelong friends and also 2018/2019 Fulbright alumni. Their friendship journey began over eight years ago in the lobby of a Brno Hotel. In late August of 2018, 30 new, excited and nervous English Teaching Assistants and Fulbright Commission staff met for the first time to start the in-country orientation. At the end of the four-day training, the ETAs traveled to their host towns. Alex and Emily took a bus to Znojmo, as Alex was placed at the Nursing School and Emily at the Gymnázium and Pedagogy School in Znojmo. Lizzy was placed at Gymnázium Hustopeče, Jen at Gymnázium Zábřeh, Amzie at Gymnázium Svitavy and Parker at Gymnázium Šlapanice. At that time, no one would have guessed how much travel, adventure, support and joy this group would share. Today, six years after the start of their Fulbright journey, we can surely call this a Fulbright love story. The group keeps in touch, and they
Jaké je to být Fulbrighterem. What it is like to be a Fulbrighter.