Questions?

I realize I'm really bad at updating this. Honestly I just don't know what to say.

So to help counteract that, email me a question, and I'll answer it in a blog post. It can be anything from: What kind of food do you eat over there? to In your opinion, are french pickles better than canadian pickles? (Ok, it's supper time and I'm hungry, but you can ask me non-food related questions also.

I'm really enjoying my time here, and absolutely adore teaching, even when the kids sometimes drive me absolutely nuts!

Like today, when we were playing Simon Says. I had spent a good chunk of the last class teaching them some simple english actions (stand up, sit down, be quiet, listen, look), they were to play simon says using those actions. I explained the game in french for them, they said they understood. Two actions into it one of them raises their hand "I can't understand the actions because I dont' speak english!" Me, slapping myself on the forehead. GAH!!!

They're sweet kids, really. It's a great job, and it's definitely teaching me lots of patience.

Austria and Germany

Here in France we just had a week and a half off of school. I believe it's for All Saints Day on November 1st. I took that opportunity to go to Austria and Germany for a weekend (well 5 days, one of which was spent travelling). I had a great time. I went with two friends from Canada. Well one friend from Canada, Alison, and her friend from Canada, Kerry, whom I hadn't actually met before.

Photo: Alison and Kerry on Tour Bus

We went to the city of Salzburg first. It was beautiful there, all the leaves were at that perfect fall point; pretty much all changed, but still mostly on the trees. I loved it there. We went on the Sound of Music Bus tour, which is definitely a tourist trap, and the most expensive thing we did that weekend (sans train tickets), but it was worth it. We had a lot of fun and got to see some of Austria's country side.

Austria was founded by a bishop and has quite the religious history. There are a lot of churches and cathedrals in the city. They're all very beautiful inside and richly ornamented. This one was a picture of the chapel in the Fortress.

We also went to a couple of Mozart Museums, the Salzburg Museum, the Catacombs and the Fortress. The Fortress had a great view of the city.

After Austria we returned to Germany, where Alison is living this year. She went home and Kerry and I went to Heidleberg. It was also very pretty there, but I didn't get as many pictures because my camera battery died, and I didn't think to bring my charger.

Photo: Me at the top of the Holy Ghost Church Tower in Heidelberg.

We had a lot of fun, and just enjoyed ourselves. It was a trip well worth it. If you want to see some more pictures I have put a collection of them up on my Facebook page!

Photo: Me dancing at the fountain where parts of Do-Re-Mi was filmed.