Al Ain

Well I know it has been a while since I have written, but nothing was really going on until I took off for the weekend. School has been challenging for the first part of this term, but it was because of the changes made in the school. My students where moved from one class to another and the hours changed. We sent home the first report cards and parents were not happy. I had several parents in my room, but I think I helped all of them understand the new system.

Well so my fun weekend away, I decided that with everything going on I would take a weekend and head out and see my friend Tonda in Al Ain. Sadly I forgot my camera at home, so the few pictures that I have I stole from her. I left shortly after school on Thursday; it took me about three hours to get there. Once I got there we went to Tea with some other teachers from there. It was nice to hear that we there are similar problems all over the country with the schools and students. However we chatted and just talked about the different things going on in the two areas. After the tea, we headed to a great Moroccan restaurant (yes I ate it and loved it).  After that we headed back to her house and to bed.

On Friday she took me shopping, yes does not sound too exciting, but I was so happy, I got a lot of things that I can’t find in my area. I was also lucky enough to get pizza hut for lunch, again something that excites me. Later that night she took me to Jebel hafeet. It was so neat we drove up to the top of the mountain and was able to see the city lights from up there. Once we came down we stopped at the Hot Springs. It was so neat to see how the locals just pulled out blankets and had night picnics there.

On Saturday again she took me shopping to Spinney’s yeah for stores that aren’t in Madinat Zayed. After that I head back to the real world of teaching. I am looking forward to getting out there again and maybe going to the Zoo. She was going to take me, but real food sounded better, LOL. So my next big adventure will be Greece, so until then I am off.