A great many things have happened since I last wrote, per usual. I was invited to play volleyball with a new group of university students and tried to speak in Czech the whole time, was treated to a football (soccer) game, went hiking through old castle ruins with Laura and friends, crossed a bridge via a horizontal pulley system, went to a jam session in a storage unit, taught a lot of classes, named my kittens Kuba and Tulačka (Tula for short), etc. Saturday was my most packed day, as I had volleyball, the soccer game, a trip to one pub with some friends, a trip to another venue for a concert with more friends, and then to a disco to meet up with the teacher I work most closely with to celebrate her birthday. Laura and I didn´t get back from the disco until 3:30AM or so.
I am currently waiting for my first after school club with three 3 and 4-year-olds to begin. I am a bit tired and not exactly looking forward to teaching small children at the moment, but I am sure I will fall in love with them easily enough. My boss will be watching and the parents will be there, but I think that things will go smoothly enough. I think things usually work out better for me if I don't think about the lesson too much before hand so it's still a little new and interesting for me as the teacher.
I have thus far neglected to mention this town's obsession with mushrooms and mushroom picking as a pasttime. There are so many different kind of mushrooms here, and it seems that everyone young and old knows their names, how to recognise them, and which ones are safe to eat and which are poisonous. Almost every other art project I have assisted in has to do with painting, drawing, or molding mushrooms. The first graders know how how to say mushroom before they know how to say apple, I think. I have wanted to go mushroom picking for a while, but have not yet had the time to go or the people to go with. It's supposed to snow this weekend in the mountains, though, so I think my last chance to go will be in the early morning before school tomorrow or friday. I am not sure if I will have the energy or will power to get myelf up at 4AM or so to go mushroom picking on my own, but the early morning will be when they have just sprung up and haven't been discovered by others yet so we shall see...
I have also been teaching my first private lessons this week. I tutor some students from the school, a young mother in her home, and a young Chinese student who I will meet and tutor for the first time after this kindergarten class today. I'm feeling more and more like my busy self each day, but still have been able to make time for all of my friends here and enjoy the weather as well, so no complaints!
In other recent news (Yes, there's more!), I booked my tickets for the holidays and my spring break. I was going to try to surprise my family and go home for Christmas and New Years, but the prices were so expensive and I remembered that I came here to travel and try new things. I will be spending a week in Ireland with my good friend Caoimhe and her family, flying from there to Scotland to spend the new year with Laura, her friends, and perhaps a friend from home if he can make the trip to Edinburgh. For my spring break, I looked for great deals all over Europe and found roundtrip airfare for Madrid for only 129 dollars. I look forward to planning what I do while I'm there a little bit later, but I will definitely be drinking sangria, eating tapas, speaking Spanish, and visiting the bassist from my band back at home.
My students should be here soon, so I'm off to prepare the classroom. The keyboards here at the office are very different from those at home, so please excuse any typos I may have missed and have a great day!
I am currently waiting for my first after school club with three 3 and 4-year-olds to begin. I am a bit tired and not exactly looking forward to teaching small children at the moment, but I am sure I will fall in love with them easily enough. My boss will be watching and the parents will be there, but I think that things will go smoothly enough. I think things usually work out better for me if I don't think about the lesson too much before hand so it's still a little new and interesting for me as the teacher.
I have thus far neglected to mention this town's obsession with mushrooms and mushroom picking as a pasttime. There are so many different kind of mushrooms here, and it seems that everyone young and old knows their names, how to recognise them, and which ones are safe to eat and which are poisonous. Almost every other art project I have assisted in has to do with painting, drawing, or molding mushrooms. The first graders know how how to say mushroom before they know how to say apple, I think. I have wanted to go mushroom picking for a while, but have not yet had the time to go or the people to go with. It's supposed to snow this weekend in the mountains, though, so I think my last chance to go will be in the early morning before school tomorrow or friday. I am not sure if I will have the energy or will power to get myelf up at 4AM or so to go mushroom picking on my own, but the early morning will be when they have just sprung up and haven't been discovered by others yet so we shall see...
I have also been teaching my first private lessons this week. I tutor some students from the school, a young mother in her home, and a young Chinese student who I will meet and tutor for the first time after this kindergarten class today. I'm feeling more and more like my busy self each day, but still have been able to make time for all of my friends here and enjoy the weather as well, so no complaints!
In other recent news (Yes, there's more!), I booked my tickets for the holidays and my spring break. I was going to try to surprise my family and go home for Christmas and New Years, but the prices were so expensive and I remembered that I came here to travel and try new things. I will be spending a week in Ireland with my good friend Caoimhe and her family, flying from there to Scotland to spend the new year with Laura, her friends, and perhaps a friend from home if he can make the trip to Edinburgh. For my spring break, I looked for great deals all over Europe and found roundtrip airfare for Madrid for only 129 dollars. I look forward to planning what I do while I'm there a little bit later, but I will definitely be drinking sangria, eating tapas, speaking Spanish, and visiting the bassist from my band back at home.
My students should be here soon, so I'm off to prepare the classroom. The keyboards here at the office are very different from those at home, so please excuse any typos I may have missed and have a great day!
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