• Budějovice,  Winter

    any day now

    this past week has been a good one– one that pushed my comfort zone and made me nervous (as i had my first classes) but i think the more i teach the better i’ll feel about it! i’ve been patiently awaiting a ton of things it seems: my visa notification and a couple of packages from the U.S. that have not arrived for whatever reason.  arghhhhh. a great week for alex though, as he got his visa notification and had an excellent first full week of teaching kids.  he says “it went as expected”, which i think means it went well. above are some photos of budejovice from this week.…

  • Daily Life,  Prague,  Teaching,  Winter

    funemployment

    i have been unemployed (not by choice) for over three weeks, which is normal from what i hear talking to other past TEFLers. the first two weeks were a blast–  it was christmas time!  lots of dinners, events, fun things to check out. then week three happened– the week that is bringing plenty of wondering: “where are all the jobs?” “should i stay in prague?”  “should i start looking elsewhere?“  the amount of jobs and job related activity in the past five days or so has been close to nil.  i have heard the january was the second biggest hiring time of year in prague but you wouldn’t know it.…