Short courses in Olomouc

What's the best souvenir to take home from Europe? A couple of thousand photos and scores of new facebook friends are a given, but what if you could take home a new skill or two? Skills weigh nothing but travel with you for the rest of your life; even if you never use them again, would you rather be the guy with a hundred photos of the Eiffel Tower or the gal who learnt to salsa in Buenos Aires?

Why Olomouc? The Czech Republic outside Prague is still great value for money and Olomouc is the country's biggest and most beautiful university city. With the high quality of local facilities, broad educational skillbase and a population accustomed to welcoming foreign students, it's the ideal place to acquire just about any skill you might want to take home from Central Europe.

Snowboarders

At Poets' Corner we cooperate with local schools, teachers and tutors to arrange and customize short courses of one to three weeks for individuals and small groups. The most popular courses and lessons to date have been Snowboarding, Skiing and Czech for travellers, but if you can think of something within reason, we can probably find someone who teaches it...Chess, beginners' crochet, circular breathing for didgeridoo, signpainting the old-fashioned way - challenge us!

Suggestions for Jan, Feb, March 2011:

Snowboarding and Downhill Skiing: At nearby Hlubočky Ski field, a five-day week of lessons for small groups with English-speaking instructors starts from 125 Euro per person and all equipment can be hired on location for very reasonable rates (approx. another 125 Euro for the week).

Czech language (Czech for Travellers, Standard Beginners' Czech, Intermediate, Advanced and Conversation) in cooperation with the Odysseus language school, StudyPro Agency and private tutors. Five day intensive courses from 80 Euro per participant in small groups of less than 6 ppl.

Brewing In cooperation with the award-winning Moritz microbrewery. Spend a day learning from the brewmaster at Moritz (ten hours beginning at 6am) Participants are instructed in the ingredients and processes of brewing and utilize their knowledge to brew their own vat of beer which can be bottled or sealed into barrels upon maturity. This is one of the more expensive short courses because it's necessary to hire also an interpreter if you don't understand Czech, but it's completed in one day and you come away with a certain volume of beer of your own creation. The price ranges from around 250 Euro if you're alone down to around 80 Euro per person in small groups (including a translator). Maximum group size is five people.

Ask us also about Ice skating, Inline-skating (spring,summer,autumn), Ballroom Dancing and Czech cooking...

Course and lesson dates and durations can be customized to suit your needs. Just send us a message telling us what you're interested in and giving us an idea of your time frame and we'll get back to you within 24-48 hours with your options.

*Prices in Euros are intended to be helpful for purposes of comparison and were calculated at an exchange rate of 25 Czech Crowns to 1 Euro. If the Euro depreciates it will be difficult for us to guarantee the above prices. On the other hand if it appreciates Czech prices will seem lower when converted. We quote prices in Czech Crowns and we stick to our word.