After the World Congress, our Auckland adventures will begin! We have planned tours of the Waitomo Caves (home to the glowworm - which really does exist), an Auckland Warriors rugby game, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, a Maori cultural performance, the Auckland Zoo, and Waiheke Island! Our most daring adventure will be the Rainforest Express Tour. We had hoped to stick with public transportation on our trip, but through several google map searches and skype calls learned that we would have to drive. Jennifer (being the one with a driver's license) will be driving on the other side of the road in the other side of the car with Pilar acting as attentive navigator! Pretty exciting and a little nerve wracking, but we can do it!
Our school visits will be one of the highlights of this trip! We are going on a group school tour with the International Reading Association, in addition to our own trip to Rosebank School in Auckland. Rosebank is a Docile 2 school with both Maori and Samoan bilingual classes. We hope to establish a sister school relationship between Rosebank and our school in Chicago!
We would love for all of our friends, family, and colleagues in Chicago to follow this blog while we are away. We have both switched our phones over to international plans for the month, but calls will still be $1.99 per minute! Even receiving text messages will cost a bundle! We'll be posting to this blog daily. Five more days until our departure...
you look great, pilar! have an awesome trip!
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