Expat Next Door: Lorenzo Di Bisceglie From Italy

For many expats, learning Czech is one of the biggest challenges of settling in Prague. While English can be enough to navigate everyday life, understanding the local language often becomes the key to connecting with the city and its people. Few people know this journey better than Lorenzo Di Bisceglie, the owner of Language Atelier, a language school in Prague’s Old Town that focuses on personalised courses taught by native speakers. His connection to Prague, however, began long before he took over the school. “The reason why I ended up in Prague is that at the university in Italy I took Bohemian Studies as my main subject – Czech language and literature,” he says.  “That’s usually where I start when people ask about my story, and people are always surprised. It looks like Bohemian Studies are not so popular.” Over seventeen years in Prague, he has seen the city and its international community change. “When I arrived in Prague, the town was still predominantly Czech,” he recalls. “In all these years the expat community grew exponentially.” Before taking over Language Atelier, Lorenzo spent years teaching languages as a freelancer. Becoming a business owner was never part of the original plan....

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