Our School Outing

Hello Everybody.  Well the weather has been awesome.  But the last two days have been giving us a little taste of what's ahead for our summer.  It has been humid and hot.  And we have started to use our air-conditioning again.

Now that being said, we had our school field trip on Friday.  And the sun was out in full force.

First we went to the Rizhao Urban Centre.  it was quite awesome.  It had a model of the whole of Rizhao.  Didn't actually know that Rizhao was so big.

The Rizhao Urban Centre

 Vivian our Chinese Language Teacher

                         

 Some exquisite trees.

                         

 
Some of the decor.

 The model of Rizhao

 Some interactive floor displays.

 The Rizhao Public Library.

After the Urban Centre we visited the Botanical Gardens.  It is very peaceful walking through there.  We had lunch in the Gardens (which the school provided).  It was strange seeing some learners not wanting to sit on the grass as they have never done it before.  But once we showed them it was okay they did not mind.  The Gardens have sections:  roses garden, bamboo garden, bonsai garden, garden for the blind (what the???).  It was really nice but the heat was just too much.

 A picture of the whole gardens.

 Love the contrast of colours in this picture.

 Lunch time.

 Kathy and Vivian having some fun.

 A brides paradise for photos.

As I said they even had something for the blind.

After the gardens we went to the flower mart for the children to see how flowers are transplanted.  Well it was even hotter in there as they have plastic under their roof turning it into a greenhouse effect.  It was huge.

As you can see the plastic over the top making a greenhouse effect.

Then it was back to school again.

Keep checking out our blog.  We are getting nearer to the day we leave for Bali, Indonesia.  Very excited.