R.I.P. Michaela
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I am still heartsick. Two days ago I found out that one of my students died in a motorcycle accident on Sunday. She just graduated two weeks ago. Seems she was a passenger on a motorcycle with her boyfriend, a boy who was known to like to drive to...
Parking lot blues
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I came back to my flat after work this afternoon and found that the nice big 'square' in front of the building now has yellow tape and a low yellow barrier...they've turned it into a parking lot for 28 cars. Nice. WTF are they thinking?! I suppose...
Spring Break and more
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
As mentioned in an earlier post, I flew to Rome on Feb. 12. Went to Mass at St. Peter's Basilica and toured the Vatican Museum on the 14th, and that was cool. Had a weird experience at a Kabab restaurant next to our hotel (learned a new sign langu...
Rome
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
God forbid, but I think I'm getting too old to travel safely anymore... I can't believe it! I checked out of my hotel room in Prague this morning and went downhill about 6 blocks to have breakfast. Just as I bit into a piece of toast, I saw the be...
Winter blues
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
It's snowing AGAIN this morning. I am so sick of it! I slipped on the ice yesterday and hurt my back. A few weeks ago I slipped on the ice and hurt my right arm. I guess I should just feel lucky that I haven't broken a bone or a hip... so, lucky m...
Back in the CZ
posted over 2 years ago | 1 comment
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 over 2 years 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 over 3 years 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 over 3 years 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 4 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). ...
