Still in Freiburg. Sorting out paperwork/permits now, have part time work lined up at a good school and hope to find more once the other schools in town re-open. (When I grow up, I want to be a school director--they all seem to take the whole summer off!)

Meanwhile, I`ve been working my butt off doing internet teaching, also escaped from everything for three day over my birthday weekend (23 Aug, if you`re wondering/have forgotten) and went to Switzerland. Danced Friday night then headed down to Geneva on Saturday for three days. It`s a weird place, Geneva--a very transitory town, as my friend said. Another person there described it as an "oil rig"--a place where you go simply to work (and make loads of money in the meantime). Which is kind of how I felt about Tallinn, aside from the loads of money part.

I`m also house/room hunting, which is not fun in itself, let alone in a foreign language. So far most of the places I`ve seen remind me of my UCSC days--small, overpriced, crowded, and too studentish for my tastes (really, is a proper living room too much to ask for?) Still, at this point I`ll settle for a good location and housemates who clean up after themselves and don`t eat all my food.

OK, time to make some calls about rooms. More later (pictures, too, once I get my laptop hooked up to the web again).