Orientation in Graz

After I went to Hungary, I attended my teaching orientation in Graz. I was really worried that the whole affair would be one cutesy-cuddly ice-breaker after another. Luckily, it was nothing of the sort. We learned some very useful activities that I will definitely employ in class. More importantly, I met some great people to visit across Austria. There are approximately 100 teaching assistants in my region, and I met quite a few from the bigger cities, so I will probably be able to find a couch to sleep on if I want to visit Vienna.

I also got to benefit from 2^nd year teaching assistants' experience. There were five 2^nd year teachers there, and they were very nice and very informative. They also knew the best beers in Austria, so I don't have to go through a painful trial-and-error process to find something worth drinking.

After the four-day-long Graz seminar we went our separate ways. I arrived in Waidhofen about 5:00 pm on Friday. I had no clue where I had to go, and had no way to call anyone. I went to a gas station and the clerk was nice enough to call me a cab to take me to Kolpinghaus—my apartment building. More on my apartment in the next post.