Let me introduce myself. My name is Graham and I was born in Inverness; a town in the far North of Scotland.I have been living in Madrid for just over six years now. I should be embarrassed to admit this, as I still struggle with the language now and again. But I feel quite settled here.
I am now in my mid-thirties and often wonder where the time has gone. It doesn't seem any time at all since I left school and was thinking what to do with my immediate future. I can't be labelled ambitious because I just seem to have been drifting since then. I keep on hoping that one day I will finally decide on what direction to take.
Before heading abroad, I attended the local college where I did a Business Admin course. It wasn't the best of choices as it held little interest for me. Now I suppose I regret not going on to University to do something I would have enjoyed more.
I had it in my head that I wanted to travel rather than study, and teaching gave me the opportunity to do that. My first port of call was Rome. I went on to spend seven and a half years there; much longer than I had anticipated! Whatsmore, over the six years since coming to Spain, I have been back to the Eternal city three times. I should quit throwing coins into the Trevi fountain!
I have decided to create a blog this year to complement classes. I am hardly what you would call an expert at computing but hopefully I will get the hang of it soon. So bear with me, please. If anything challenging that comes up in class requires extra practice, or I come across something that may be useful or interesting, I will post it here. What is most needed to make this blog a success is your participation.
I'd like you to write a short introduction, as I have done, to all other blog-users. You can talk about whatever you want but make an effort to use language that demonstrates your abilities. Try to use unfamiliar constructions or expressions; as it is only by practising them that you make improvements.
Are there any expressions or constructions that I have used here that are new to you?
Happy blogging!
