Pióro

So after a week of letting all the school drain out of our systems, we left Kraków for the south of Poland. Zakopane is essentially Whistler, Poland, but cuter. I’m sure this place is just overrun during the summer hiking season and the winter skiing season. November is neither of these. Our converstation at the [...]

School’s over. Martha and I have gone from students to travellers again. We both passed the course and are fully qualified to unleash linguistic havoc in un-English places around the world. With the passing of the course, also came the passing of our cool apartment. Yesterday, we trudged quite a few blocks with our backpacks [...]

In my previous class, I taught a segment on English slang. After all, what words are more ubiquitous than “cool” and “wicked?” I must admit though, I nearly lost my composure when I found myself correcting the students’ pronunciation of “hork” and “zonked.” These are essential skills I’m teaching them!
Last class tomorrow. Very excited. Then [...]

Martha and I have been quiet of late ‘cause we got school. Yup, we’re are in Poland learning how to be English teachers. That confuses some of the Poles I’ve met.
“You’re in Poland to learn how to teach English. Shouldn’t you have done that where you come from?”
School is tough. We teach two to three [...]

This just in folks: Martha behind the invisible axe. Yes, that’s right, Martha did a bit of air guitar in Oulu. Head on over to Pics for more. Dig.

A few days ago, I had a moment on the balcony of our flat in Kraków. Let’s call it a balcony moment. It was late evening and there was just enough sun getting through to create a red patch in the clouds ahead of me. Our building faces a courtyard formed together with two other [...]

Location
A-ha
M & M

Tallinn, Estonia
7 Sept
5–7 Sept

Riga, Latvia
8 Sept
7–9 Sept

Vilnius, Lithuania
9 Sept
9–12 Sept

Warsaw, Poland
12 Sept
16–19 Sept

Ever get the feeling you are being followed?

In the bus shelters and on the lampposts around Warsaw are loads of letter-sized posters. They generally advertise one of two services: English language instruction and karate lessons. I was pretty happy to see these signs as it looks like I’ll be able to put my skills to work here in Poland. It seems all [...]

Epiphanies are not always that profound. I think if you ask the Catholic Church or James Joyce, epiphanies are supposed to be life changing. But something can hit you and when you tell someone else about that something, it sounds retarded. Mine goes like this… Mar and I were walking around the Old Town of [...]

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