Back in the CZ
posted about 1 month ago | 0 comments
I have been back in the Czech Republic since Sept. 1. The job is going well, even though I am teaching a LOT of classes and the school is adding two more classes per week to my schedule beginning Nov. 2. My students are great and there is very lit...
Time Flies
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
I have a mere six days until I'm back on a plane headed for the CZ for another year. SO much to do and so little time! I'm trying to be positive and think about the great job, the new flat, the opportunities for travel in Europe... and trying NOT ...
Update on my travels
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
Since my last posting I have been doing a lot of traveling. Lots of short trips around the CZ to see castles and other historical sites. Telc was fantastic! I also really liked Brno and Castolovice. I spent five days in Italy, mostly in the Tuscan...
Egypt
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
I spent a week in Egypt with my sister recently and it was fantastic! We spent 2 days in Cairo and saw the Egyptian Museum, rode camels for 3 hours while we looked at the pyramids at Giza, then saw the Sakkara pyramid and Ramses II museum at Memph...
Visit to Dresden, Germany
posted over 2 years ago | 2 comments
I went to Dresden on Dec. 5 with three other teachers and about 40 students. We toured the the Frauenkirche (a Protestant church), the Katholische Hofkirche (a Catholic cathedral), and the Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister (art gallery of Old Masters). ...
Time to start a list!
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
Tonight I went to a belly-dancing class and it was a kick! IF I can get out of bed tomorrow, I'm signing up for weekly lessons! Belly-dancing isn't anything I've ever really thought about doing before, but Vera (a colleague) went last week and tol...
Back in the CZ
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
I've been back in the Czech Republic for 3 weeks now, and am wondering: WHAT WAS I THINKING?! when I agreed to renew my teaching contract for another year. The weather has been bleak, to say the least. My month back home in Washington was filled w...
So much to see, so little time...
posted over 2 years ago | 0 comments
Since posting my last blog I've been to Paris, the Moravian region of the Czech Republic, Plzen (CZ), the Bavarian region of Germany (Fussen area), and Switzerland (Engadine Valley region and north to Lichtenstein). The beauty on this planet is aw...
Greece & Italy
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
I returned three days ago from my trip to Greece and Italy with my family. It was SWEET! We went to Athens for 1 day/1 night, then on to the beautiful island of Santorini for 2 days/2 nights. Next, we spent 2 nights/ 1 1/2 days in Rome, and then w...
Wow, it's March already?!!
posted over 2 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 0 comments
The weeks are FLYING by! Only a few months ago I was thinking, "OK, you can survive 9 months here..." and now I'm thinking, "I just got here! Where has the time gone?"
I had my 52nd birthday on Feb. 16, but my brain still feels MUCH younger. Nex...
I had my 52nd birthday on Feb. 16, but my brain still feels MUCH younger. Nex...
