GERMANY
Yesterday I registered at the Anmelderamt in Neuerburg, which means that after 3 weeks I'm an officially recognised resident of Germany for the next 8 months. Yes, this probably should have been done earlier but I was so caught up in being abroad and meeting people that working here illegally as an alien wasn't on my list of things to be avoiding.
Today I have my Nachhilfe Gruppe, in half an hour, where I will truly and genuinely struggle trying to explain how English grammar works. I tried to explain last week why in some verbs in sentences, we use 'ing' and other times we use 'to' plus the infinitive. I ended up more confused than they did, and they were pretty darn confused.
I've also got two one-on-one sessions with a couple of kids who want to improve more than other people. One of them I'm meeting tomorrow, and the other one - what sort of child is this - wants to have our extra lesson at 10am on a Sunday. On a bastard Sunday! This child will one day grow older, learn to love the weekend and ultimately live a life of regret for what he put his language assistant through. 10am on a Sunday, I ask you.
But on Friday I'm going to go and see more of Europe. Yes, this is probably news to many of you, just like when I didn't tell you I was going to Japan, but its happening and it will be awesome because my insurance covers me the world over. With a little luck, France and Holland will have internet access.
Today I have my Nachhilfe Gruppe, in half an hour, where I will truly and genuinely struggle trying to explain how English grammar works. I tried to explain last week why in some verbs in sentences, we use 'ing' and other times we use 'to' plus the infinitive. I ended up more confused than they did, and they were pretty darn confused.
I've also got two one-on-one sessions with a couple of kids who want to improve more than other people. One of them I'm meeting tomorrow, and the other one - what sort of child is this - wants to have our extra lesson at 10am on a Sunday. On a bastard Sunday! This child will one day grow older, learn to love the weekend and ultimately live a life of regret for what he put his language assistant through. 10am on a Sunday, I ask you.
But on Friday I'm going to go and see more of Europe. Yes, this is probably news to many of you, just like when I didn't tell you I was going to Japan, but its happening and it will be awesome because my insurance covers me the world over. With a little luck, France and Holland will have internet access.
Oh, and this has just appeared. It isn't the SAR helicopter, but its flying around like one anyhow. I think Neuerburg must have a weekly helicopter-appearance quota to fill.