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Tracey Bryan
30 Jan 2009, 13:43HiSeems I joined here when I first moved in 2007, however, I have now registered again.
I am living in the Salzburg region and have been here for over a year.
I find Austria a beautiful country, the people are wonderful, scenery amazing and having lived in many cities, Salzburg is in my top five.
I work in Salzburg, am looking for friends to mix with, exchange information, I have found out lots about how to integrate and am happy to hear new views and of course get together.
Hope to hear back soon.
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Bianca N.
16 Apr 2009, 12:25hi!
I moved to Austria almost 2 years ago and I think the same as you about it. It is a wonderful country!I am also looking for friends to talk with over a cup of tea, exchange information, etc.
I live in Vienna and it would be nice to hear from you!
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I live in Salzburg. It is a wonderful country, I agree.
Me too.
Drop me a line.
Crumbs, I have not expected a response from any person, I was beginning to think I was the only person here.
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Sipaas Khan
29 Jul 2009, 10:08hey bianca and tracy,
welcome to austria i've been living here for sometime now and its great. I'm in vienna so not enjoy as much scenery as you lol.
take care.
khan -
Hi All,
Mid - way through a move to Austria Vienna would be great to meet a few people before I really settle in, I am in Vienna in mid-August and there permanently from Sept onwards.
Speak soon.
Amrit
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There and wonderful, seems that many people are moving here.
I live in Salzburg and have lived here now for 18 months.
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Kevin Rajoo
16 Sep 2009, 01:34Hi all,
Been in Salzburg for abt 3 mths and its great.
Wking at the Stein terasse....
would love to hear abt your experiences...how long did it take for u guys to learn german?Kevin
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So you work at Hotel Stein terrace?
Learning German is something that happens as I go along, I studied German at WIFI and speak as much as I can and listen.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all since I have been here, I work at a school in Salzburg with international students and I intend to stay here for some time.
I was hoping this little forum would take off and more people would write, it will be interesting to meet up with some ex pats.
Nice to meet you Kevin...
Regards
Tracey.
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Kevin Rajoo
20 Sep 2009, 11:58
R you wking as an english teacher? i got a job offer as an english teacher in Berlitz but i declined.
come to stein smeday for a drink....ask for me when u r there.
Kevin
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Tracey Bryan
21 Sep 2009, 11:22
I work as an English teacher yes, in Salzburg and in Hallein, work has been fairly easy for me to come by here, as I have a good social network.
I will pop along to Stein and meet with you.
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Hi there,
I'm a student here... living in Graz.
I was a music teacher back home in Malaysia and I miss teaching!!! ^_*
Have a nice week, you guys...
Cheers!
P.S. My German is HORRENDOUS but luckily, classes with the Uni are starting soon so I hope I could brush up my language skills soon!!
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Tracey Bryan
22 Sep 2009, 10:08
Welcome to Austria, great isn't it? I'm sure you will get along with the language soon, it sort of all slots into place and I found that watching movies with subtitles was a good way for me, also reading children's books, not so many words, and pictures, like reverting back to being a child and learning to talk, read and write.
How are you finding Graz?
Have a great week too...
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Sue Lim
23 Sep 2009, 11:38Austria is GREAT!! ^_*
Thanks for the tips! I've been watching Pretty Woman in German!
Graz is very comfy! The people are nice and friendly and although I don't really find many Asians (don't really see them around much!), I've been meeting a lot of Austrians at least! ^_*
And the scenery around Styria is SUPERB! And I've been to Salzburg. It's simply breath-taking!!! And I've always wanted to visit Salzburg more.
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Salzburg is wonderful, many things to do and a stroll by the river is wonderful, I love it...
Pretty Woman is a great movie, I love it and it does help watching in German, especially if you know the movie.
I write ten sentences every day, my landlady checks my grammar for me and I have to read them out to her, that has worked for over 18 months, my vocab is up there now.
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Christene LeDoux
30 Sep 2009, 16:00Hey stranger!
Nice to see you here. I never come on here anymore. Just in the midst of deleting KM stuff. I am not doing it anymore.
Skype me and I'll tell you more.Hope you're well and your big vacation was awesome!
Hugs - Christene in Innsbruck
P.S For anyone in Innsbruck, I started a big locals and expats group you are welcome to join: http://www.InnsbruckExpats.com
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Tracey Bryan
01 Oct 2009, 09:49
Hi Christene,
I have been following you around, over on Nadine's site, where I recommended to Mel, then I saw that Andrew Pinkney from here was over there too.
I'll tell you all about my trip over Skype, I'll be on next Skype beginning of next week.
I am openmouthed at you not doing KM stuff any longer.
I can't wait to hear all about it.
Hi gang and do go to Christene's site, it is amazing...
Tracey.
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Hi Tracey
I was born and bred in Austria but have lived the last 25 years of my life over here in Australia. I'm thinking of moving back to Austria with my family, at least on a temporary basis. In your experience are jobs relatively easy to come by? I speak both English and German (my written German is a little rusty) so I thought maybe working as a native speaker (of English) at a school. I'm not too fussy as far as work goes, as long as it is not overly demanding (I want to be able to enjoy myself too :-) ) As far as my work history goes, after finishing Uni (Economics) I worked in a govt job for 8 years and then started up my own business which I have been running ever since. I just wanted to get a general idea of the work situation from your point of view. Look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Norbert -
Nice to meet you.
Hum, I seem to get asked this lots, are jobs easy to come by?
I happened across my job, it was something that truly fell into my lap.
I have three jobs, two are teaching and one is taing care of 40 boys at an International School, during the evenings when they are in study hall. I assist them with homework, offer an ear to any problems, interact with the parents and basically take the role of parent as they are living here. A job I gain a lot of satisfaction from and these young men go onto universities all over the world, so it is satisfying to see them go on.
There are many jobs on offer in the papers, but as I have jobs, then I do not take much notice, so it is a bit hard for me to answer. For me it was easy, as I put myself out there and had a job before I moved here, that being the reason why I moved here.
But there are jobs around, certainly in my area, hotels in the city are always looking for staff and happy to employ native English speakers with a good degree of German.
Andrew Pinkney, is self employed here, he may be able to help with how he secures contracts, he is a financial advisor, so he may well be of more advice, but for teaching English? I would say you would need at least a TEFL certificate, I teach privately, and have a teaching degree from way back, that seems to be enough.
There are definitely more jobs around in English teaching these days, purely because English is seen as the main lanugage for commerce, business, export and the amount of International Schools throughout the world is huge, so English teachers are able to secure positions. Private route is also a good one.
I hope that is of some help.
Regards,
Tracey.
Amrit B