Stepping Out of the Boat

It's going to take some getting used to - we are very spoiled! Here at St. Michael's, the resources are quite limited. We'll get by, for sure, but we'll need to get used to the lack of space and stuff. Here are some pictures of John's classroom. Claire doesn't have a classroom, so later on, when she figures out where she is teaching, we'll put some pictures up of her rooms, too.




John's room is serving as the home base for me (Claire) and the other foreign teachers because his air conditioning works and he has desks. This is Claire working in John's room.






This is the academic office. We have to sign in here every morning and also request any supplies we need from this office. There is paperwork for everything. You have to fill out a form to request a pencil - no kidding.






Here is John working in his room. In order to keep things stuck to the walls, you have to use an insane amount of packing tape. It's so humid that things fall off the walls left and right.

This is the view out of John's door. His room is on the second floor and Claire's rooms are on the third floor. Here, they have to build up by adding more floors - not out by adding more buildings. They don't have much more space to build anything new.


After work on Friday, we and the girls walked about 8 -10 blocks to the Hagen Daas cafe on Lincoln Ave. It is one of the first things we have eaten that really tasted good and familiar. We decided it would be a good Friday afternoon tradition, although it was a little expensive. Becky is in the center, Sonya is on the right, Claire is on the left, and John is taking the picture.

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