Germany's actually all right. I'm a language assistant at a secondary school, which means I go in four mornings a week for a few hours and help out in English classes. At first I absolutely hated it, I can be rather shy and being faced with classloads of scary teenagers filled me with dread every single morning. I'm getting more into it now though, I have a few favourite classes where the kids are amusing, enthusiastic and sweet, and while I would never do it for a permanent career, I quite like the sensation of teaching, albeit in my signature laidback manner. The teachers at the school are lovely too: the staffroom is quite big so it's very easy to get lost but I have a mentor teacher who keeps an eye on me, invites me round to hers for tea and generally keeps my spirits up, and I'm slowly getting to know other teachers too. I've also been blessed with an angelic landlady - she lives below me and is an absolute babe. I've christened her Oma #2 and she comes up every week to help me clean my flat, bakes me cakes, reads through all official letters I get to check all is OK and takes me out sometimes to markets. Seriously love her. I've also gone travelling a couple of times, including a week long interrailing trip around South Germany which I shall tell about later. I have more travels planned (if ever I get paid...) which should be exciting. Really the only problem is the isolation - it's a small town and very hard to meet people, and I just miss Oxford and my friends so much. Still, I'm trying positive thinking from now, so hopefully it'll all work out! Anywho, below are a couple of snaps I took of towns nearby where I live. Pretty, hey?
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Heyyy bb! Glad to hear you're settling in, but sad to hear about your depressed spells! Lovely photos as ever. ♥
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