Every morning, I wake up to the sun rising behind the Little Lutheran Church, which is across the street from my flat. Students are starting to arrive to school, chatting as they wait for their teacher to get there. The smells of lunch already being cooked begin wafting up to my flat.
This year, I am living in a two bedroom flat above the "Canteen" (cafeteria) in the local Lutheran high school. Before arriving in Békéscsaba, I was told that I would be in a one or two room flat: which means it could be a studio or a one bedroom flat. Arriving to my flat, the principal asked if I had been told anything about my accomodations. I chuckled. I had learned by this time that what I was told, expected, and shown were all very different things. Now being here almost 3 months, I realize how much I appreciate the space and being so close to everything. Church is literally across the street, the market is a 5 minute bike ride, and I can get anywhere I need to go by bike in Békéscsaba within 15 minutes. If my water heater happens to stop working in the middle of the week, my principal is over in a matter of minutes to fix it. The bus stop is right outside my flat. My students also have figured out where my flat is as we occasionally use it when the classrooms we use in the school are being used by other teachers. A couple of students have come and hung out while waiting for lunch.
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Elaina JohnsonI am from a town on the border of Minnesota and Wisconsin. I grew up in Hudson, WI, where I had the privilege of returning after graduating from Winona State University with a degree in Therapeutic Recreation. Archives
December 2016
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