Well break is over, and it's back to "real life" here in Austria, of course my real life is 13 hours of teaching a week, and it's in Austria, so it's pretty great!
The rest of my time in Graz went well, it was nice and relaxing. On Saturday we met with an Austrian family who's daughter Teresa wants to spend a year in the US. They invited us over to hear about the US and the schools (well, mostly about Wisconsin since that's where Kristin and I are both from), and to feed us brownies. The program they're going through seems pretty different, they have to find the host family and school, and then this company will deal with setting it all up. They asked Kristin and I if we would be able or willing to help, and we both said of course we'd love to help! They're a really great family, and Teresa seems like a very nice, determined girl. She's 14 (soon to be 15), and she's really into Track and Field, so that's her one requirement for school. Her dad is from the US, and she goes to a bilingual school in Graz so her English is really good. She also makes some really good brownies! So if anyone is interested in learning more/would be able to host her next year- let me know!!
Saturday night Babsi came over to Kristin's and we made lasagna, had a few drinks and played denglish Tabu (the cards were in German, and we spoke a mix of English and German... so denglish). On Sunday I went to visit my friend Domenica for breakfast. She studied abroad at UWEC, but she's from Graz, so it was good to catch up with her again. She had a great breakfast spread for the two of us, and I got to check out her nice brand new apartment- it was really great! Then I headed back to the city center where Kristin and I met up with our friend Rob, who's also from Wisconsin. Basically it was a weekend of meeting up with friends, catching up and relaxing! Just what I needed after the cold & somewhat lonely time in Hallstatt and Salzburg.
My week is full of lessons on all different topics, yesterday I taught about noise pollution, the play An Inspector Calls, and US politics. Today I taught about the homeless in New York, writing ghost stories, food/cooking, and a restaurant role play. Tomorrow I'm not sure about all my lessons, but I know I'm doing a lesson on Improv Everywhere (related to New York), I'm teaching two geography lessons about life in the US, and a lesson on poetry. Thursday I only have one lesson and we're talking about jobs. Every week brings new and different lessons!
Happy Valentines Day everyone!
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