i have a confession to make...

hi, my name is kc, and i'm addicted to "minesweeper"... i've been dealing with this for a few weeks now, and i want to finally get it out in the open... now dont pretend like you dont know what "minesweeper" is... you know, that game thats always on your computer, that you wonder why in the world the computer guys put it on? well, i guess its for people that move to eastern europe and dont know the language or have any other sort of entertainment... well, we did have some seinfeld and gretzky dvds but i think chris had enough of those pretty quick... but i'm thinking about trying to find a minesweeper league that i could compete in.. ok, enough blabbing..but things are going good, teaching, adjusting, living.... oh yeah, i had a pretty cool "polish" experience the other night.. i was out playing some old-mans hockey the other night.. yep, it was pretty intense.. but the highlight was definitely the post game... but i guess it was one of the guys birthdays so after a big sing-a-long they pulled in this big bbq right into the dressing room and started cooking some kielbasa.. yep, ithink us canadians might have to borrow this idea.. anyways, i think its chris' turnHello, I have been working more hours then KC, so I don't have as much time as he does to write. (actually that is not true) So, the picture above is our school where we teach. It is a building located downtown, and only about a 10 minute walk from our appartment. We teach about 20-25 hours a week, averaging about 4 hours a day Monday-Saturday. So, we do have free time in the mornings...to explore. The school uses the Callan Method to teach English. It was written about 50 years ago and was used to teach soldiers English in WWII. The method is very textbook and teacher based. The teacher asks questions from the textbook to the students and the students answer in complete sentences, with the teacher's prompting and correcting their grammar. There are also dictations and readings that the students do. This method is good for Polish people because they all take English in school, but they are afraid to speak it in public. This way all the students have to speak. So, we don't have much prep time at all....but I think that after a while the method may get to be a little repetitive. The staff at the school is great, and sometimes there are extra classes for the students to take that are not the Callan Method, actually KC gets to teach a lesson on "Eating Out", he is wondering what his food budget is. We are also heading to a nearby city to teach at another Perfekt school for a week, they don't have any Native English Teachers so we were asked to go. (we are in hot demand!) The school is paying for a hotel for us...so it will be good to explore another city.
Above is the Old Market Square in Torun, it is snowing. Things are getting to look alot like Christmas! The snow doesn't stick around for long, but the wind sure feels cold. I am knitting KC a scarf right now to keep him warm.

This is one of my favorite restaurants. (I don't know if KC enjoys it as much as me) I am sure that all of you can guess judging by the colors that it only serves vegetation dishes. It has all kinds of soups, curries, periogi's, and gofries... It is actually pretty surprising to find a place like this in Poland, seeing as most of the meals consist of meat. It is very cheap too!
And this is our appartment building, we feel quite lucky to have it painted blue and yellow on the outside, as it is easy to see from all the other grey buildings. We have meet some of our neighbours, mostly older people and the conversation hasn't really gotten further then a hello! (language barriers) Our appartment is getting to be home.
Okay, I hope that you all enjoy the pictures...We have just firmed up travel plans for Christmas, we are heading to Vienna and then to Krakow...