Me and Sami arrived at Zürich airport Tuesday at 22:30. We took a cab to our residence and payed about 300 kr. As we didn't have time to buy food and it was to late for that we tried to order pizza, because we were very hungry. We were shocked when we heard that a pizza was double price as in Denmark.
Next morning we went to the centrum of Zürich to buy monthly cards for bus and for "sporvogn". The place where we were living couldn't supply us with kitchen tools so we went to Ikea, which was just outside the Zürich. Here we got our first official meal! IKEA food is good and very cheap :-) Afterwards we went home to relax. In our residence there are a lot of people living with different cultural backgrounds. From turkish to chinese people. Funny thing to mention is that there were about 20 chinese people celebrating the Chinese new year with dinner and alcohol. We have communicated with a lot of people here in the residence and it's a good thing because we speak english all the time. Who said Zürich wasn't the perfect place to increase your linguistic competence? :) Also a thing to mention is that almost everybody speak English here in Zürich so it is a big advantage.
We've also been to a meeting on PH Zürich(Our school) with our Mentor Kathleyn Gallagher and Danielle Meier, who is in charge of students coming abroad. A good meeting where we got a lot of practical information and information about our practice school and about our courses in the school. It looks like they know what they are doing and they are well-prepared.
One negative thing to mention is that my practice school, as well as Sami's, is 20 minutes with train from Zürich Trainstation. So we need to spend about 1 hour to get to our practice school. But they couldn't find anything better.
Our semester starts the 21st of February and from Monday we are starting with two weeks of practice placement and German beginner course Tuesday and Friday Afternoon every weak. When the semester starts we will do practice in the same schools on time per weak. I had a contact with my practice teacher and another teacher from the school and they sound very nice, so i'm looking forward meeting them and the pupils! It's going to be a big challenge as it's a 3rd grade class and i don't their level is high. But it is excisting!
All from me by now.
Alen Mandzo
Hi Alen,
SvarSletSounds like a nice and interesting start! And I like the design of your blog!
By now you should have started your actual course as well as your placement so I'm looking forward to hearing more about the course content.
Remember to start thinking about your article as well as your selection of FADs.
Have fun!
Lilian