Questions and Observations

We have had some people write in some questions so we figured we would answer some:

How much is our apartment? 
Here's the thing. We don't pay for our housing. Our schools pay for the flat and the utilities. So we really don't know. Sorry.

What do we do for fun? 
Well when we have a free weekend or extended break we travel. During the week it varies. When it was warmer we would go for walks around town and relax at an outdoor coffee shop or restaurant. Now that the weather is more arctic we stay in more. We visit the thermal bath sometimes or just hang out inside nice coffee houses and read and talk. When we are at our apartment we Skype friends and family, watch movies, TV, or read. We also have friends that we hang out with as well. But, to be honest, the winter has become pretty boring.

Where do I play tennis?
There are clay courts by the university that you can reserve. When there is snow they have a couple of indoor courts but they are hard to reserve because of high demand. My students blame it on "all the old people that have nothing else to do." :)

The two indoor clay courts.

This is Galgóczi Balázs one of my 11th grade students.

What is teaching here like?
We have enjoyed teaching. Dana has become more busy and she has to zip around to several schools and nurseries daily. She is definitely worn out by the end of the day. I have a pretty easy schedule so far. I am only in a few different places each week. Most of the people in the program are at one school five days a week. They have similar work and schedules to teachers back home. Having taught back home I can say that there are some pluses to being here. Including: Better disciplined students, increased student work ethic, smaller classroom, and much less administrative oversight. However, I do miss teaching back home and look forward to diving back into it.

Thanks for the questions! We welcome more and will do our best to answer them.

Onto other things. We have been tickled by the reports of snow and ice back home in Fort Worth, TX. We know that people are tired of being out of power and having traffic headaches. However, we have had worse weather for the last 2 1/2 months. It is a little comical reading the papers and social media updates about all the winter weather back home. We wish them well but can honestly say that they need to get used it. Last year it snowed what was record amounts on Valentines Day and they broke that this year. I think that with all the climate change that has been happening this could become more regular. Luckily we are prepared after living here. :)

P.S. I am glad that Jerry Jones has been having a painful Super Bowl hosting. That jerk deserves it after ruining the sport and traditional sportsmanship for future generations. I have yet to find many modern day athletes that I am okay with my future children looking up to. Thanks Jerry!