Orientation in Bratislava

Our final dinner, joined together for goodbyes as we made final preparations for departure to our schools

The 2013/14 ELCA Central Europe Teachers Group

Arrival in Bratislava

After completing my backpacking trip across Europe I finally arrived in Slovakia

The Bratislava train station. My almost last stop for a while. A year (or two) in the making and I was finally about to step into the real.

After wandering all around the wrong parts of town without a phone or internet service. I was unable to contact my colleagues until I befriended a Croatian fellow and he loaned me his phone. I was able to call and confirm the proper address and I was able to arrive just after dinner to the Evangelicke Faculta Gymnasium on the hill overlooking Bratislava.

This was the view from my balcony at the school. My temporary home for the week.

The week of orientation was filled 8-5 with dense and valuable information. Teaching strategies, history of the country and culture, program information and foreign language lessons.

Patients, please

Please be patient with the updates to this blog! I am without a computer until I arrive in either Bratislava or Kosice and will then begin to keep an updated blog. I am currently backpacking across Europe headed to Bratislava by August 19th. This blog is focused on my experience in Slovakia, not backpacking. So when I get my first chance I will publish my first entry about the preparation and feelings before departure and also document my experiences upon arrival.