Type of Programme

Type of House: Spacious Town House, 4 bedrooms

Teaching Qualifications and Experience
Degrees and teaching qualifications: German university diploma in German, communication science, journalism and political science (1995). Goethe Institute certificate: German as second language for children and adults (2007). Worked and studied in Switzerland and France. Teacher for private language schools since 1998. German courses and relocation services for local companies. Home stay and home tuition since 2005. Students from Australia, Belgium, Brasil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, U.K. and the U.S.A.

Hobbies and Interests
Cinema,  reading, music, concerts (classical: Bamberger Symphoniker, and popular), hiking, city excursions, cooking, foreign culture and languages, travelling.

Excursions and Local Attractions 
Excursions: historic old town of Bamberg, UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, with its Imperial cathedral and eight (!) beer breweries. Surrounding natural parks with romantic castles and churches, small rivers, huge forests, lovely vineyards, sharpe rocks, beautiful hills. (Franconian Switzerland, Steigerwald, Hassberge, Fichtelgebirge). Trips to Nuremberg, Wurzburg, Bayreuth, Coburg, Regensburg, Rothenburg o.d.T.,  Weimar, Czech Republic. Concerts of all kinds, museums, theatres, cinemas, local cultural events, beer and wine festivals. 

Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area
Bamberg is located in Northern Bavaria, it is one of the most romantic German cities with more than 1000 years of history: a treasure chest of architecture and living piece of history. The town has some 70,000 inhabitants, a modern university, a symphonic orchestra of worldwide reputation, many festivals and a great diversity of sport activities. The climate is quite dry, not too hot in summer, hardly anywhere else in Germany it is raining less. Mediterranean atmosphere in summertime with innumerable street cafes and beer gardens. The teacher's family (husband, son and dog) lives in a large house with garden and terrace in a quiet residential area, close to the town centre, situated on one of Bamberg's seven hills. The students will be living in a spacious private room with view from the balcony, king size bed, TV, WiFi, separate toilet. It takes about 15 minutes by feet or by public bus, or 5 minutes by bike (available for the students) to the centre.