“I have always dreamt about living and working outside of the Czech Republic so the Work and Travel programme was the right path to go. The biggest drive behind my participation in the programme was the willingness to improve my English, which in the end came true. I was not given anything for free and could not rely on anybody but myself so I had to use my sloppy English, no questions asked. :-) And it worked! Being able to spend three months of my life living on a different continent was an invaluable experience that involved going to work every day, paying rent, using an American credit card, an American phone number, cooking from unknown ingredients, or finding new friends. It was definitely a test not how well, but rather if I can be independent enough to take care of myself while being far away from everyone I know.”