There's a running joke in my family about my grandmother...that all she has to do to get what she wants is wiggle her nose, and it appears! I think I may have inherited that. I often feel that I have had an incredible amount of luck in my life, and usually feel a great deal of guilt for "not deserving so much luck". But recently, I'm realizing that it's not luck. It's an astute ability to realize the opportunities that life throws my way. While here in Buenos Aires, I had the vision/dream/want/need/idea to come back to Buenos Aires during my summer vacation (May-July) to get some experience teaching English, perfect my Spanish, and just be part of the culture I've fallen in love with. The point to this story is that within the past week, I have found free housing, and a job!
I will be living in the house of a family with an 11 year old daughter. The father and daughter have been taking English for quite some time, and are looking to break that level between classroom English and "real life English." It seems that the family really wants the daughter to be able to speak English and visit a foreign country when she's my age. They live in a neighborhood called Nunez (well known as a VERY nice area). This will be my room ----->
I have my own bathroom (below) and entrance. It's an old house...so my room is essentially where the "live-in staff" would live.
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... and this is the living room and the kitchen...just so you get an idea of how huge and beautiful this place is! Not to mention, that it's very rare to even own a house (rather than an apartment) in the city like this. The father works in public relations, and the other works in tourism, and is also a sculptor. There is also a HUGE backyard!
And, I will be working at an English Institute called Berlitz. Here is the link:
http://www.berlitz.com/
I'm thinking of working there part-time and finding individuals on the side...just to give some variety to my schedule. Also, I am going to propose working at Colombo- Pashkus one day a week just doing translating of documents. I would love to stay in contact with them!
So this is the first glimpse of what I will be doing May-July of 2010!
I will be living in the house of a family with an 11 year old daughter. The father and daughter have been taking English for quite some time, and are looking to break that level between classroom English and "real life English." It seems that the family really wants the daughter to be able to speak English and visit a foreign country when she's my age. They live in a neighborhood called Nunez (well known as a VERY nice area). This will be my room -----> 
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