This is the true story of my adventures in learning Spanish and teaching English in South America.

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

A Very Good Place to Start

I've been sitting here trying to figure out what to make my first post all about, and I finally decided it would be a good idea to just start at the very beginning. Last spring, my sister and I spent 3 weeks in Scandinavia. This was not our first trip, but it was definitely the best. The weather was great, the locations were great, we didn't even lose anything. It was wonderful. Then I had to go back to work. I was not happy. I've had the travel bug for as long as I can remember, so I'm not sure why all of a sudden I was completely unsatisfied. I didn't know what to do, I just knew a three week trip every two years wasn't going to cut it.
Then I got this crazy idea that I wanted to teach English. In South America. When I told people this, they said: "Oh. Do you speak Spanish?" The answer: Not a word. My years of German training won't help me on this next Abenteuer. That's why I'm heading to Quito, Ecuador for the next few weeks for language training, before my job starts in February in Cusco, Peru. Why Ecuador? Why Peru? I really have no idea. The opportunities presented themselves, and I'm just letting things happen. C'est la vie! (Wrong language. I'm in trouble, I know.)

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Si terminan en una posición de peligro, mientras que en América del Sur, pregúntese "¿qué Bridget hacer?"

Sean said...

Bon chance! (Sorry, 5 years of french leaves me with nothing to help you with)

Kelli said...

Um, Amy I'll have to get back to you later on that one...

Raphi said...

toi toi toi. ich drueck dir die daumen:-)

LL said...

You go woman!!!!! And, may God go with you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LL