Introducing CZEAUTSVKPOL: a weekly adventure through the top two leagues of Czechia, Austria, Slovakia and Poland

 

I am delighted to announce that a new blog format from me will be coming your way for the next year and (hopefully) beyond. In case you’ve missed my recent announcement, in a few weeks I will be moving to Brno for a teaching job. Two years ago today, I left Glasgow for the last time, and if I’m being honest, life hasn’t been the same since.

 

I had moved back to Stevenage as a temporary measure while looking for teaching jobs abroad back in 2020. I found something in Jeju, South Korea, but it ultimately fell through due to the Covid restrictions. It got to the point I couldn’t wait forever – I needed money more than anything. Add a failed relationship and a dreadful season for Stevenage into the mix, and the last couple of years have been pretty torrid.

 

Though challenging, 2022 has been a great deal more enjoyable – I’ve seen a 400% increase in countries visited (500% if you include Jersey, 600% if you include my train briefly passing through a part of Poland). Ultimately, it has given me a newfound hunger for life that I’d been sorely lacking since graduation in 2019.

 

I travelled to Brno in March for a multi-city trip including Brno, Vienna, Olomouc, Prague, Zilina and Bratislava. I’d been at my hotel in Zilina when I’d received a job tip from a friend, which I applied to without a second thought. Before travelling out to Brno, teaching abroad hadn’t been on my radar, but the job tip felt like a life-changing moment. It turned out to be  just that.

 

Now as I start to get myself ready to head out to Czechia, I’ll be taking a look back at the grounds I’ve already done, namely Sigma Olomouc and MSK Zilina. I may even give a sneaky mention to F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg, who I’d been able to visit in May. I know they don’t fall under the CZEAUTSVKPOL banner, but I’m sure you’ll forgive me for that.

 

So stay tuned for the first of many at some point this week, which will be centred around my trip to Olomouc back in March.

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