Kröchlendorff

I'm not used to overnight field trips for high schools. The students at my school get to go on loads of trips to different places over the years, and I was excited to chaperone a 5-day 11th grade trip to the most random unheard of place in Deutschland. After being on a bus for nearly …

Just 1 year ago…

​Exactly 1 year ago today I was considering quitting teaching altogether. I was looking at qualifications for 9-5 non-teaching jobs. I had just emailed my now-current school in Germany for the first time (with zero expectation of a response). I can't believe so much has changed in 1 year. It's even weirder how all the …

Leipzig and Madrid

I am so lucky that my boyfriend didn't break up with me when I moved to a different continent. I'm also so lucky that he is able to work from "home" while visiting me in Germany. We went to Leipzig for one weekend. Bori liked it because JS Bach lived there and played music in …