Confessions of a Wandering Gypsy Princess

Recently the Dubai worm was put into my head by a friend. A fellow teacher, she was actually giving English lessons to a man about to relocate his entire business to Dubai, and he wanted to get his English into tip top shape as he figured his German native language was not going to [...]

Sorry I am quiet, I promise to update, email, and generally respond to the world tomorrow, we were in Switzerland this weekend and then I worked 12 hours, straight, no break today. Blaaaaaaaaa
So I leave you a pretty Journizer slideshow, and a castle from Lichtenstein!

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I’m home again and back to work this morning. I got home yesterday, but we went straight to Oma’s for Easter lunch and then when we got home I went straight to sleep. (Well maybe after an episode of Naruto).
But, I am back and I feel [...]

Turkey and Japan have been in my mind a lot lately. Turkey because we have been talking about going back there this summer for a trip. Japan because of the food food food! Well for many reasons really, with the extra work I have been doing lately I have been daydreaming about [...]

I have had one of THOSE weeks.  I have been moody, cranky, and I have been working too much.  In particular I have been worried about home as well.   So I am here, getting itchy gypsy feet, and wanting to work less (MUCH LESS), and also wanting to find out what if anything is happening [...]

Ok, enough is enough, the insanity involved in trying to get my German motorcycle license has reached the point where I think I feel a migraine coming on. For those who dont know, I first started to try this last MAY when I arrived and began to settle in. The problem is that [...]

During my class today I had a lesson on plane travel for business. We talked about the accidental tourist and the recommendations on how to travel light. I still remember the first time I ever left the country. It was for a summer program in Russia, and I went with 2 giant [...]

Even if it is just for the weekend I am beyond excited about the upcoming weekend in Madrid.  Turns out that when left alone I become some kind of bachelor.  I hate to cook just for  myself and so I have been surviving on instant soups, chocolate, and nachos.  (or I am just too tired [...]

 So I was doing excellent on my efforts to make it to the gym, eat healthy, and generally treat my body decently.  Until Wednesday, when I decided I was too tired, maybe PMSing, and in dire need of food and a couch with a TV.  Lucky for me my hotel room provided all, and its [...]

Happy New year everyone! I hope your festive season was everything you wanted. I start work tomorrow (I know a Friday!!! But only 1 class so an easy way to ease myself back into working life after 2 weeks off). And it is with a great student who I really enjoy [...]

Although Switzerland lacks a hot climate and a beach to relax on, it is nevertheless proving to be a good place to relax and plan.  As of right now my New Year’s resolution is going to be to start doing push ups every day, because we have found one, and only one, possible alternative for [...]

I am proving myself to be quite the little masochist.  I am also a flat out liar.  But its ok, as of right now the only person I am lying to is myself.  My promise to let myself have at least 3 hours free every day has fallen flat on its face.  Since coming back [...]

I always fib about getting off the internet. You people should be use to that! I just checked my emails and I have a ton of them to reply to, including an emergency one from work that requires a profile. Gweee I do not like the real world intruding on me [...]

Back to life in the DR that will be cut so sadly short in just 5 days. I even dreamed the other night that Monday was a holiday in Germany. It was this great surprise that I discovered on Sunday. When I woke up I was heart broken. It is so [...]

I have to admit to almost quiting the whole ESL Germany thing last night. I came very close to a complete mental breakdown when I boarded the wrong train by accident. The problem being I had no idea that I was actually on the wrong train, and that it was not until an [...]

I am not yet at the point of going gambling, if I will I will gamble on stocks, it is a socially more acceptable form of gambling.  I do really really want that bike though.   But not enough to stay with chain school I would rather take more hours with my new school, they [...]

So despite threatening for a very long time to put a new Young Germany blog entry up, I have finally done so thanks to the horrendous amount of time spent on trains going to and from (literally) the middle of Germany for a job.  Autobahn adventure is finally up, and proves that long train rides [...]

I had forgotten how much I loved shoes. This was only a brief slip in my sanity, no worries. But arriving in Germany and having to wait 2 months to get a job that pays, and living with a Swabian, meant that the extras of life slipped down my list of needs. [...]