Must be that time of year because I’ve been getting a few more emails and whatnot asking me if the pay at my teaching gig in Ukraine… Read more was worth it or not. Clearly AEC must be recruiting for English teachers to make it through the winter season, and since I blogged about my time with them before, interested parties seek
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Day 223: Questions About Pay for Teaching English in Ukraine with AEC
August 12, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 4 }
Day 121: Fruit is the Last Thing I Want as a Beer Snack (a Ukraine memory)
This is most likely not news to you if you’ve caught one or two of my Ukraine… Read more blog posts, but it was cold when I was there. I thought that getting to Ukraine in the winter would be a challenge, but one that really lets me see what Ukraine is like. In that sense, it was a success. I saw
May 3, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 3 }
Day 94: Getting in Touch with Locals (How I Roll, Part 2)
How do I get in touch with locals and the culture? Glad you asked! This is the second post in a series on getting in touch with locals during travels. Check back for more, or subscribe via email to never miss a beat.
In the first post of the getting in touch with locals… Read more series, I talked about how language
April 5, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 4 }
Day 52: Thinking Cool Thoughts, A Winter Photo Tour from Ukraine
You can’t always get what you want, and when you have it, the grass is always greener.… Read more This is me, after a light Monday morning exercise here in Sydney, which of course made me sweaty and thinking cooler thoughts. I thought about when I used to go for daily walks in Ukraine around our little island suburb, Rusanovka. It was
February 21, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 11 }
Day 46: Teaching English in Ukraine – How I Got My Teaching Gig in Kiev
I get quite a few emails asking me about how I got my job teaching English in Ukraine, so now is as good a time as ever to divulge my lovely bits of insider information. If you happen to be one of those interested in an extended immersion into this former Soviet country, then listen up!
I never thought … Read more
February 15, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 11 }
Day 39: Six Degrees of Separation in a Small, Small World
Who do I know that you know?… Read more Normally, I wouldn’t think to ask this question except there have now been several — almost freaky — incidents where I’ve come to meet someone in some random part of the world to find out they have encountered someone I know. It is a small freakin’ world, people, and the more I travel,
February 8, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 12 }
Day 22: Testing Fate in Australia
Did you know that I’m taking a photo and writing a blog post for every day of my 2011?! Subscribe to my feed to follow along.… Read more
If history repeats itself, I’m in trouble.
There seems to be an ongoing trend that if I buy a guitar because I think I’m going be living somewhere for a while, I actually end
January 22, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 6 }
Day 16: Finding a Place in the World (an ode to my favorite hangouts)
Just like everyone in Seinfeld congregated at the diner, and everyone from How I Met Your Mother met up at the pub, I, too, seem to seek out a common hangout that I can use to meet up with friends. It turns out that I’ve had several favorite hangouts now all over the world… Read more — all places that allowed for
January 16, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 11 }
Day 1: Will I Ever Celebrate New Years in the States Again?
Being January 1st, your assumptions that I have a massive New Year’s headache and want nothing more than a slurpee and movies on the computer to make me happy are correct. Still, I’m in a reflective mood despite my current situation. It struck me that last night was my 4th consecutive year abroad for New Year’s Eve, and I wonder … Read more
January 1, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 5 }
Making the World a Small Place – Soup Wednesday
You travel. You meet people. You leave. You leave new friends.
A little over a week ago, I received a Facebook message from a girl I taught with in Ukraine. The message was also addressed to many other teachers that had come and gone the same route as we had. She brought up an interesting idea — to all take… Read more
May 5, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 12 }
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