One of the great things about traveling overseas, I find, is connecting with other Filipino academics, Pinoy workers, expatriates, immigrants working abroad. It was truly a pleasure to meet Lea Millares-Sylvester who is currently teaching English and Science at Nelson Mandela State International School in Berlin, Germany.
We belong to the same state university back during our undergraduate years (University of the Philippines in Diliman) and it’s beautiful to reminisce about our years in college. Upon her invitation, we visited her school in Berlin.
It was such a privilege touring the grounds, seeing the classrooms…
meeting some of the teachers and the students, and in my case visiting the library!
Since I have taken quite a bit of pictures of the library, I’d just limit the photo uploading to books which are related to our Whodunit Theme for the month. =)
And my favorite sight: kids reading!
Gathering Books 
Looks like the boys are enjoying some non-fiction. As I work in an international school I always like discovering more about other international schools. Mm English and Science is an unusual combination to teach. Glad you are enjoying your travels though I am assuming it is work related?
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Hi Joanna! I was in Berlin to attend an International Arts Conference (Arts in Society) – this visit, though, at the Nelson Mandela State Intl School is an unexpectedly pleasant aside, having met a Berlin-based Filipino teacher while gallivanting around Berlin.
And yes, I am enjoying this sojourn in Eastern Europe. Presently in Prague. And I am unable to catch my breath (hyperventilate is the word I suppose) as I move from one sculpture to the next and the next. My killer boots however is a poor match for the cobblestones of Prague. =(
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Are you teaching in Nice?
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I live in Nice and am guidance counselor at the International School of Monaco, down the road. I started as librarian there 10 years ago and set up our bilingual library.
Enjoy Prague, a dreamy city. A few Czech beers and you will be floating over the cobble streets 😉 Try and catch a concert if you can.
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Sounds like challenging work (albeit rewarding, I am sure). Setting up a bilingual library seems like a daunting task too. Yup, I love Prague. It is my romance. But I hate myself for being weak when it comes to buying books. I discovered Peter Sis, a Prague native who is a picture book artist. I could resist the beer, the wine, the shawl but not the books and the cheese. I am a weak woman (tears hair out)!!!!
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Books are also my downfall.
I talk of Peter Sis in my present blog post as I got to do an interview with author Kate Banks, who knew Peter over 20 years ago as a struggling artist in Rome!
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