Hey, so we went to the Christmas market in the main town square last night (Wednesday). It was St. Nicholas day on the 6th. Maybe you all already know about St. Nick Day. My family in Minnesota used to celebrate it. St. Nicholas would come to the house and leave a bag of goodies at […]
Well, we have given up on the packages. I got a call last night saying the packages couldn’t be sent because the contents needed to be listed in more detail on the package. So we wrote up a list of contents (though not entirely complete, since we were attempting to send a bit of contraband) […]
I had a meeting with a student today and she told me about homeopathy. Basically, different plant, animal, and mineral essences can treat different ailments. Not just diseases, but also psychological problems, such as fear of spiders. So the doctor takes the required essence and adds water. Then they put it in a certain apparatus […]
Today, we went to a playground to take some pictures and video. They will be up soon. We also went to the Christmas Market that opened today. There were tons of little crafty christmasy things, nativity scenes, and Glühwein. Glühwein is a sort of hot, spiced, red wine. Will liked it, and he doesn’t really […]
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Today in class, I sat next to one of the students, Michael, and he started talking to me in German (a no no). Anyway, he was so easy to understand, I new he couldn’t be a native Austrian. Turns out he’s actually from Thüringen, which is a state in the middle of Germany. He […]
Most of the English assistants got paid today (including me). We had a little get together with the other English assistants to celebrate our new found wealth. There were fancy hors d’oeuvres like caviar with cream cheese on crackers, pears and blue cheese wrapped with prosciutto (a kind of really thinly sliced ham). As well […]
On Friday morning, I covered for one of the teachers for an hour and a half class. It was fun. The class is “Foundations of Teaching English.” The teacher said I could do whatever I want, so I showed them some games they can play with their students in their English classes, and we had […]
Hey, so, school is fun. This week, I went to some classes. For many of the classes, I don’t need to prepare very much. I mostly look through the workbook that they had for homework so that I’m ready to discuss it with the class. However, the complicated grammar is left to the teacher, because […]
Yesterday was Halloween. We went to the kitchen on the third floor where the Americans were gathering. There were also a few Austrians. People had dressed up. Many were zombies, there were a few devils. I wrapped one of Will’s black t-shirts around my head to make myself into a ninja. Will made me some […]