Lingue e Sport 2008

On Monday I started my second year teaching at Lingue e Sport, a two- week program for kids. We teach them three hours of languages in the morning and in the afternoon they got a huge sports program.

I am soooooooo lucky!! I asked for the English class this year and got them! I got eight kids, who are all very very well behaved and interested in learning English. It is basically a breeze going through three hours there. Last year I taught German at Lingue e Sport and got 18 students, among them three brats who in the end were kicked out of the program for smoking drugs and other stunts.

Tomorrow we're going on the all-day trip to Osogna. I'm also happy with that, because last year we went up into the mountains where it was freezing cold. There's a waterfall at Osogna and since we're asked to bring our swimsuits, I think we're going to go swimming in the afternoon! How cool is that?

Speaking of English- I also got a long letter and a beautiful foto from Caitlin!

On the sad side of life- I gave up a Paul Simon concert to help my apartment-mate's family with the party at Vigera. Well, it wasn't so sad after all. It's only that Beth would kill me if she knew... :P Anyway, it was for a good cause- we sold tickets for a lottery and thus gained some money to restaurate(?) the church. I also sold quite a few tickets to the monk who usually does the mass at Vigera.

Anyway, I'm heading off to the lake now. Poor Sylvana and Olli, when they were here, it rained quite a bit. But we managed to squeeze in some time at the lake when the sun was shining.

Caitlin and Amanda

I just received another email from a very dear friend in America. In her letter she wrote she will be 17 soon and to think that we met when she was eight!! In fact I met her at some relative's farm in Idaho where I used to spend my summers when I was younger. She and her sister Amanda were my most patient English teachers and I babysat them sometimes or supervised them in the swimming pool. We did all kind of fun things together. She is now planning on coming to visit next summer!! I'm very happy that I'm still in touch with her and I love how open she is to other cultures and languages. She has been studying Italian all by herself and sometimes we write each other in Italian. A very smart young lady!! It is fun when you keep in touch and see them when they're all grown up, making their way in life.

And I do miss my other two au pair kids in Colorado and California. I want to see them again! Little Katie and little Kai. They were so very young I doubt they'd recognize me. Boh, time goes by so quickly!!!