Monthly Archives: November 2012

Belfast Bound

Mid-November brought with it our second and last IFSA-Butler sponsored trip, and it was one we’d all been waiting for since we arrived in Ireland. Not only is Belfast one of the top ten cities in Europe to visit (or … Continue reading

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Do Hamburgers eat hamburgers?

Last week, I taught 5 Thanksgiving lessons.  Meaning, I taught the same lesson five times.  Three times on Tuesday, each class back-to-back.  That was a little surreal.  All of my classes thought Americans give gifts on Thanksgiving, which I find … Continue reading

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Vegans in Greifswald

Last Monday, I ate a lot of vegetarians. Excuse me, I mean, I ate with a lot of vegetarians.  And one other vegan.  We went to Taj Mahal, a restaurant which promotes itself as being an Indian/Italian restaurant, but is … Continue reading

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Fall in France

For someone who never EVER expected to write a blog, I am coming to find that I rather enjoy chronicling my weekly adventures in France and sending them out into cyberspace. I do not presume that all of what I … Continue reading

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Icons of the Holocaust

Last week I had the opportunity to visit an icon, but not the kind you might be imagining. I didn’t meet any queens or bump into Bill Cosby. This icon was actually a place and a quite infamous one at … Continue reading

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The Rain and the Rocks and the Sea (and Some Jazz)

The last weekend in October brought to Cork a fun musical event: the Jazz Festival. Normally, jazz isn’t my cup of tea, but my friend Beril, a fellow IFSA-Butler student, came down from Galway for the festival. Since I didn’t … Continue reading

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A Little Bit of Life

Having now been teaching for over a month, it seems only appropriate that I would eventually talk about the town I am living in, the school I am teaching at, and the house I will be calling my home for … Continue reading

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Chateaux Large and Small

ATTENTION READERS: This is a very long entry. Bonne Chance… Vacation! One of the amazing things about being an assistant in France is that I am entitled to eight weeks of vacation. That is, eight weeks of paid vacation. After … Continue reading

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Brrrrlin Photos!

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The Tipping Point

When I first started at my Gymnasium, Carsta, my Betreuungslehrerin, told me I only had to teach for 15 minutes or so, at first, but that I would eventually be teaching the whole 45-minutes.  I concealed my terror.  Forty-five whole … Continue reading

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