About Me
- Angela
- Zurich, Switzerland
- Welcome! I store all my random thoughts, ideas and experiences here for those who are interested or curious about my various life adventures. I love it that you are reading, and it inspires me to keep writing!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wrestling with Facebook and thinking of Summer
Hello all,
I spent a good part of the evening last night trying to get my photo albums off Facebook and to get them to show up on my blog here. Now, I am not a technical goddess or anything, but thanks to Tyler I have a good handle on most things computer-related. I found 2 programs that claimed to easily backup your photos from Facebook. I managed to get a few isolated photos to move, got cocky and just selected the whole shebang. After about 10 minutes of ultra-slow computer time while they downloaded I thought I had a nice neat little folder with ALL of my 1,110 Facebook photos on my desktop. Fail. None of them opened.
*sigh*
I decided to go to bed.
Today I will try again. I am nothing if not stubborn ;)
In other realms of my life, I am preparing for my summer in Ohio. For those of you who may not know, I am going for my second round of Montessori training this summer. I am getting the training for adolescents (ages 12-18). The Montessori concept for this age is called "Erdkinder" and it is a farm school model. (YAAAAY)
Of course, this is perfect for my chicken-loving heart.
I will be there from June 25th-July 27th. I expect it to be pretty rigorous (as my 6-12 training was) so I will not plan on traveling during that time, but anyone and everyone is welcome to visit be and distract me from my important school work!! Seriously, I would love to see you.
After the training I will have a few weeks to travel before going back to Zurich. I do have a complication however, that has not yet been solved. My driver's license has expired (the American one) and I can only renew it in Louisville, and I will not have time to come there before the training. I am not sure what I would drive anyway, so I will probably be quite limited. (Unless I decide to rent).
Here in Zurich, a group of teachers and parents are spearheading a project to start an Erdkinder program in the countryside about 45 minutes from Zurich. I had the opportunity to go there and meet with them last weekend. It is a stunning farm. I really wish I had a camera with me. Picture rolling green fields, a few fruit trees, the cutest little Swiss farm house you have ever seen, a huge traditional Swiss farm house next to an old wooden and stone barn. In the middle distance you see the hills roll down to a lake, and farther away there are stunning snow-capped mountains. It is Swiss perfection ;)
These people are really motivated, and I realized at once the opportunity I had in front of me, and offered my services. I am very excited to be a part of the start-up of this school, and WHAT a great experience it will be! Even if I decide to move on before they really get going, I will know what it takes to open a school like this (and trust me, it will be harder here than in the US).
So now, as I sit in the dark depths of February I am dreaming of a sundrenched farm in Ohio, and a summer in my home country. And seeing friends and family that I miss very much.
I spent a good part of the evening last night trying to get my photo albums off Facebook and to get them to show up on my blog here. Now, I am not a technical goddess or anything, but thanks to Tyler I have a good handle on most things computer-related. I found 2 programs that claimed to easily backup your photos from Facebook. I managed to get a few isolated photos to move, got cocky and just selected the whole shebang. After about 10 minutes of ultra-slow computer time while they downloaded I thought I had a nice neat little folder with ALL of my 1,110 Facebook photos on my desktop. Fail. None of them opened.
*sigh*
I decided to go to bed.
Today I will try again. I am nothing if not stubborn ;)
In other realms of my life, I am preparing for my summer in Ohio. For those of you who may not know, I am going for my second round of Montessori training this summer. I am getting the training for adolescents (ages 12-18). The Montessori concept for this age is called "Erdkinder" and it is a farm school model. (YAAAAY)
Of course, this is perfect for my chicken-loving heart.
I will be there from June 25th-July 27th. I expect it to be pretty rigorous (as my 6-12 training was) so I will not plan on traveling during that time, but anyone and everyone is welcome to visit be and distract me from my important school work!! Seriously, I would love to see you.
After the training I will have a few weeks to travel before going back to Zurich. I do have a complication however, that has not yet been solved. My driver's license has expired (the American one) and I can only renew it in Louisville, and I will not have time to come there before the training. I am not sure what I would drive anyway, so I will probably be quite limited. (Unless I decide to rent).
Here in Zurich, a group of teachers and parents are spearheading a project to start an Erdkinder program in the countryside about 45 minutes from Zurich. I had the opportunity to go there and meet with them last weekend. It is a stunning farm. I really wish I had a camera with me. Picture rolling green fields, a few fruit trees, the cutest little Swiss farm house you have ever seen, a huge traditional Swiss farm house next to an old wooden and stone barn. In the middle distance you see the hills roll down to a lake, and farther away there are stunning snow-capped mountains. It is Swiss perfection ;)
These people are really motivated, and I realized at once the opportunity I had in front of me, and offered my services. I am very excited to be a part of the start-up of this school, and WHAT a great experience it will be! Even if I decide to move on before they really get going, I will know what it takes to open a school like this (and trust me, it will be harder here than in the US).
So now, as I sit in the dark depths of February I am dreaming of a sundrenched farm in Ohio, and a summer in my home country. And seeing friends and family that I miss very much.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
New year, new changes...
So......
My first blog post.
This feels a little strange now, because I am essentially writing for me, but hopefully there will soon be more of "you" reading this. There are a number of reasons I chose to start this blog. I will enumerate them ;)
My first blog post.
This feels a little strange now, because I am essentially writing for me, but hopefully there will soon be more of "you" reading this. There are a number of reasons I chose to start this blog. I will enumerate them ;)
- I live VERY far away from quite a few very important people in my life, and I miss them. Daily, I find that I am experiencing things that I wish I could share with you over a cup of coffee, but since that would include airfare, it's just not possible.
- For the last few years I have been going the Facebook route for keeping in touch, but I have found it to be a little too consuming, and in some cases almost more alienating than not having any contact at all. I will admit that I have reconnected with a lot of wonderful people over Facebook, but I am choosing to make my interaction more personal now.
- I like to write. And I am hoping that this will give me more motivation to make writing a regular part of my life.
It is my sincere wish that you will comment on these posts, or send me emails letting me know what is going on in your lives as well.
Here's to the next adventure!
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