Back in the Valley
It's hard to believe that three weeks have passed since the fateful day of my depart from Saint Etienne. It's hard to believe that I still have not found employment…
Entries about travel experiences or places
TAPIF – Ask Away
Dear prospective TAPIF (Teaching Assistantship Program in France) assistants, this is for you. Thanks to Google Analytics, I can see that people arrive at my blog looking for information about…
“Oh LOOK! It’s the AMERICAN!!!!!!!!”
You may or may not have heard that I am participating in a photo exposition in France right now. You may be wondering how this awesome situation came to be.…
Pronounce ‘Foie Gras’
According to Google Analytics, a lot of people arrive at my site by searching for a pronunciation of 'foie gras' (the French term for duck liver, which is used as…
Denial and Frustration (Moving and Unemployment)
So, now that my contract is officially over, I've been out of the lycée for two weeks, my more than a month-long job search is turning around nothing but let-downs…
Franchement, my teaching experience
If you know me personally and/or have talked to me about my experiences teaching, you'll know that it hasn't been the easiest for me. I started in October with minimal…
PIEROGI!
So I've been traveling for the last two weeks. It's been tiring, but epic. I'm in Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland right now. I just needed to share the emotion I felt…
Château de Bouthéon
Yesterday we took a trip to a local chateau. It's funny living in a place where you can visit castles in your spare time. It's not like the United States…
Irony in Alsace
During my trip to Alsace (region of France in the north bordering Germany), I experienced an amusing ironic moment. I found myself having dinner at an Alsacien family's house with…
La Capitale de Noël
As I said in my last post, I've just had 2 weeks of vacation. I started out by taking a short trip to Alsace. Though in this case, short trip…