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Rollercoaster...
... THESE PEOPLE?! So yeah, just expressing my amazement that they're like 7 mini-me's :') Maybe there is a God!
Also, I've been asked by a seemingly wealthy family to tutor their two kids - they don't seem to be happy with the level of English the kids are getting in their schools so they've asked if I can spend some time with them, playing games, learning songs, in order to help them improve their English. Unfortunately, I really don't have time to do it ...
Here we go again...
... to me, that never happened. Never mind though, it's not like I'm not used to being by myself these days!
2. My school have somehow lost my arrival form... It's a pretty important form to send away in order to receive our Erasmus grant which is kinda needed! Then my teacher had the NERVE to tell the secretary I'd lost it... ERRRR NO! I never LOST it because I never HAD it.. I ...
Truth time
... I'm teaching (which can be anywhere from 4 hours to 12 hours a week), I hate it! I'm so sick of being sat in my room watching films or TV and doing work for 9 hours a day. People find it easy to say to me 'go out, go make friends, go do something' so let me put this straight! I'm quite capable of making friends, I've done it numerous times lately, Camp America being a big one, so it's not like I don't want to, but when I'm stuck in a village ...
Fabulous day at Giverny
JFK finally opened! Maybe we will get home! To be honest although we know we are going to get home this has been somewhat frustrating! Today Marsha came up with a great idea. Take the train to Giverny, Monet's home and gardens. The concierge helped us with Metro directions (3 changes), train schedule and shuttle. It was easy to get there and the train was ...
Weekend with Hayley
... T BUSES SUPPOSED TO STOP HERE?! So angrily, we walked into town to get pizza seeing as Paris was a no-go because we would miss the train! We headed back to my 'studio' and ate! We were contemplating going to Paris and staying overnight but I had to be back here to meet Sue (my Chester tutor). Instead, we had a wander around town, took some photo's and grabbed some food (and by food, I mean cake)! It started to rain again (surprise surprise) so ...