Two weeks left!!! It doesn't matter where you are in the world, if you are a teacher you still count down to the last day of school.
Even though school does not officially end until June 8th, all the students and some of the teachers have more or less mentally checked-out for the summer. It also doesn't help that they will be collecting the textbooks on Monday even though we have to teach the rest of the week. And some of the teachers still have tests planned to give that week. It doesn't make any sense to me or Irena, but oh well. So since we won't have any textbooks, we are planning some review activities and possibly do a short play with our older students.
As for the summer, the word that sums it all up is TRAVEL!!! I have about 22 vacation days that I need to use before August 25th and I plan to use every single one of them. Right now I have one trip planned and another in the works. The first is a tour of the Balkans. Myself and another volunteer are planning on seeing Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and coming back to Macedonia through Albania. It's going to be a great trip and we are planning to leave right when school gets out. The trip that is in the works is to Hungry and Romania. I have heard from other volunteers that Budapest, Hungry is more beautiful than Paris. And like Istanbul, Budapest was on my list of places I definitely wanted to see before leaving. After seeing Budapest, I plan to make my way over to Romania to Bucharest and the Transylvania area to hang out with Dracula. So I am really looking forward to these upcoming trips.
Besides travelling, I have GLOW to look forward to. It has been taking up most of my time; but it will be definitely worth it when the girls arrive and they have a great week at camp. That is about it for now. But I will leave you with a clip from the Eurovision competition. It is very popular over here and EVERYONE is talking about it. Each country sends a music group/artist to represent their country. Macedonia sent over one of its famous singers. Of course, everyone was hoping that Macedonia would win, but a group from Russia was also very popular.
Singing Babas at Eurovision
Who does not like singing Babas (aka Grandmothers)? I think everyone's favorite is the smallest one.
So enjoy and remember "Party for Everybody"!!! (You will get it once you watch the clip)
Even though school does not officially end until June 8th, all the students and some of the teachers have more or less mentally checked-out for the summer. It also doesn't help that they will be collecting the textbooks on Monday even though we have to teach the rest of the week. And some of the teachers still have tests planned to give that week. It doesn't make any sense to me or Irena, but oh well. So since we won't have any textbooks, we are planning some review activities and possibly do a short play with our older students.
As for the summer, the word that sums it all up is TRAVEL!!! I have about 22 vacation days that I need to use before August 25th and I plan to use every single one of them. Right now I have one trip planned and another in the works. The first is a tour of the Balkans. Myself and another volunteer are planning on seeing Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and coming back to Macedonia through Albania. It's going to be a great trip and we are planning to leave right when school gets out. The trip that is in the works is to Hungry and Romania. I have heard from other volunteers that Budapest, Hungry is more beautiful than Paris. And like Istanbul, Budapest was on my list of places I definitely wanted to see before leaving. After seeing Budapest, I plan to make my way over to Romania to Bucharest and the Transylvania area to hang out with Dracula. So I am really looking forward to these upcoming trips.
Besides travelling, I have GLOW to look forward to. It has been taking up most of my time; but it will be definitely worth it when the girls arrive and they have a great week at camp. That is about it for now. But I will leave you with a clip from the Eurovision competition. It is very popular over here and EVERYONE is talking about it. Each country sends a music group/artist to represent their country. Macedonia sent over one of its famous singers. Of course, everyone was hoping that Macedonia would win, but a group from Russia was also very popular.
Singing Babas at Eurovision
Who does not like singing Babas (aka Grandmothers)? I think everyone's favorite is the smallest one.
So enjoy and remember "Party for Everybody"!!! (You will get it once you watch the clip)
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