I woke up this morning to frost and a below zero temperature, -2 C! Winter is definitely on its way! As I have never lived in a city where it snows, I'm certainly looking forward to it. I want to skate on a frozen over lake and build a snowman and make a snow angel! I did not have regular classes this morning and had a one-to-one with a three year old little boy instead. What an absolute nightmare! He refused to listen to me and wanted to do the opposite of...

I'm starting to get more work, one-to-one lessons and not just at my school but at a school about 30 minutes from where I am. I have yet to figure out exactly where this other school is. The driver from that school came to fetch me and brought me back home again. My afternoon was filled with back to back lessons. To say I was totally exhausted when I got back home is an absolute understatement! All the lessons were for kiddies ranging from 3 years old to 6 y...

As I went downstairs this morning, I heard noise coming from the kitchen. I thought I would be the only awake in the house so early on a Sunday morning but I found 3 of the Russian teachers and the cook in the kitchen whipping up a storm. They were making 'vetkoek" filled with vegetables and others filled with potato. Anyone from South Africa will know what "vetkoek" are. They gave me a few to eat with my breakfast. Delicious!! I spent the rest of the day i...

The icy cold weather certainly did not stop the kids from kitting themselves out in all their winter gear and heading outdoors to play. Looking like mini michelin men, they ran around the playground and played in the sandpit like it was a warm day while I sat on one of the benches, also kitted out in my winter gear, too cold to move! All the kids have their own lockers at school and they come prepared in the mornings with two outfits. A summer outfit for indoor...

Kids are just adorable! We were having lunch and I was sitting at the table with the older kids, aged 5, and they were asking me questions, pointing to certain things and asking for the name of whatever in English. One boy, Lev, was very quiet and not really participating in our conversation so I tried to include him by asking him a question. He answered the question correctly and before I could say anything, he then proceeded to quote me verbatim, saying "yes...