Hello from Nyarasd, SK! It has been a really exciting 3 weeks, and I cannot believe how fast it has gone by. Nyarasd is small village, —about 3,000 inhabitants—but what they lack in size, they compensate for in generosity, kindness, and warmth. My students are all wonderful. I teach 5 one-hour classes, which was difficult at first, but now feels natural. Most of my students do not speak any English, but they are all very enthusiastic and responsive. In the evening, I teach an adult class, and they are tons of fun. They also shower me with gifts and baked goods, and constantly invite me on trips and over for dinner.
My host family is also amazing. They do not speak any English at all, but they have three daughters that speak very well. They are all adults, and they live abroad, but one of them is visiting this week from Prague, and another was here last week from Austria, so I have pretty much always had a translator! My host family has a huge house with a pool and tons of animals...3 dogs and a cat that has three 4 wk old kittens! Plus they have chickens and rabbits, turkeys, etc. I havent even seen their whole backyard—its massive! I also have my own house...no kidding! It’s an enormous room with a kitchen and bathroom, and it is bigger than the apartment I shared with a roommate last year!
Anyway, Nyarasd is wonderful...Slovakia is wonderful...
Also, everyone here calls me Bözsika…which I think is cute, but Zofi tells me is actually dreadful.
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