After the Columbine school shooting, Ryan Goodwin left Colorado and found a new life in Prague.

He met his Czech wife during a study abroad program and has now lived there for 25 years.

Goodwin says safety concerns and the slower pace of life keep him from returning to the US.

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He’s been living in Prague for well over two decades, but Ryan Goodwin, originally from Colorado, says the awe still hits him each time he crosses the city’s landmark Charles Bridge and looks up at the medieval castle sprawling across the skyline.