Some days I may complain, and some I’m really happy, but one thing’s for sure, my job isn’t your usual office job. After spending however long in shorts and a t-shirt, working on the beach or down by the river, today I find myself in the middle of a forest in a ski resort! And it feels cold enough to be one as well.

This is where tomorrow’s schools have put me up, and as soon as my head gets used to being here, it’ll be pretty cool, nice trees and lots of fresh air.

I came to this town 2 years ago, and they’ve invited me back. The thing is that with all the teachers moving around so much, even if you’ve been to a place once, it doesn’t mean everyone is up to speed. On the way up the teacher in charge was talking about how they’ve been made a study town for English education and the problems he was having. We had plenty of time during the drive, so I just got him to take a step back and go through things one at a time. When you do that, it all seems so obvious and fits into place, it was nice seeing the expression on his face and the worry drain away! I should have recorded the conversation, it would have made a great podcast.

So I think for tomorrow I’ll just do a set of demo lessons rather than shows, the kids have seen the show already, and the numbers are small enough to do normal lessons.

And for now I’ve got lots of time free with no Starbucks, no internet, no phone and no TV. So I guess I’ll get some work done!