The Crew

One of our colleagues is leaving today, about a month early, so I requested we all get together for one last photo while we were all together:Here is the photo, and below are their names and countries of origin (as near as I can gather - some are a bit murky):

Front row (seated) L to R : Michael (Australia), Sean (USA - Arizona), me, David (the principal - Scotland), Virginia (Philippines), Catherine (Singapore/USA)
Back row (standing) L to R: Chris (England), Edward (England), Jake (USA - Colorado), George (Kenya), Benjamin (USA - N. Carolina), Peter (England/India), Guy (England/Australia - he's the one leaving early), Constantinos (Cyprus, Greece), Deka (USA/India), Lukas (Poland)

And there is the Gaoxin No.1 High School  in Xi'an, China foreign staff for the school year 2015-2016!!

The school year is winding down - our last day is July 4 (same as last year - I'll be wearing my patriotic t-shirt!). We are starting a 3-day holiday today for the Dragon Boat Festival (we have Thursday, Friday and Saturday off but we have to go back and teach on Sunday - go figure!).
I hope to travel to the Shaolin Temple on Saturday with Sky. You have to take a speed train to do it in one day. We'll leave at 6 am and probably get back around 10 pm. Hopefully the crowds aren't too bad! I will supply details later...
May your boat travel fast to save the drowning poet...
Ggg