Today, I had a meeting with the teacher of the first class I will meet. I am doing a short PowerPoint presentation for them tomorrow morning. Then, the students will introduce themselves and talk about what experiences they’ve had teaching English, while I take note of any pronunciation weirdnesses I hear. If something is […]
Not sure why I find this interesting, but here’s a breakdown of how expensive gas/diesel is here. Current Diesel Price: 1.124 Current Gas Price: 1.184 There are more diesels here, so that’s the most common fuel. Now, those are in Euros. The current conversion rate is 1.3702 dollars per Euro, so factoring that in, we […]
Man, toys here rock. So much so that your average toy: Even includes IT’S OWN TOYS!!!!!!! How cool is that? Also, these Austrians love their puns. Here’s an ad for “Der Big Texas Bacon”. Yeah, “kau” means “chew” in German. How funny is that? That’s not all though. Here’s a different one for the “New […]
So, by now you’ve figured out that the video blogging was kind of… um… fake. I’ve been keeping track of my week day by day with real events. So, now that it’s all over, here’s The Real Alone Week: Monday Mary Jo left this morning. I went down to the main train station with her […]
The training I just got back from was at a ski resort, so we took a bit of a hike into the mountains. Click for larger. Gallery: