http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/P2P/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from P2P en-us Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:24:32 +0000 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:24:32 +0000 Here is a better picture of the leaders and the delage manager. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-415378.html Yesterday we visited with some aboriginies. There we did a short walk about and were shown how they lived off the land. We were also shown how to paint using paint made from rock start a fire play a didgeridoo and make baskets. We had kangaroo tail for lunch. The highlight though was playing with the children. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-415360.html The students have to keep journal describing their experience. I thought you might want to read what one student wrote of her expereince after visiting the War Memorial in Canberra.Splashes of color lined the names of those who gave their lives red poppies stained by the blood they freely gave. As I stook there in the silence soaking it all in I was amazed. The eternal flame burned brightly http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Australian-Capital-Territory/Canberra/blog-414762.html Today we visited a crocodile farm. Some students fed the crocs and then at the end some held a baby. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-414052.html Finally....plenty of Internet access. Yeah Here are some photos from the repelling. Notice the ropes attached to the mountain. Those same ropes were attached to us as we repelled. Four people repelled at a time. There were people waiting at the bottom for each of us. http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-414040.html Hi EveryoneGlad you liked the pictures. I will post more soon. I had planned to post yesterday but the hotel Internet was down. We are in Canberra now but will be flying out this afternoon late to Darwin. We have toured the Sydney Opera House. It is an amazing structure. We took a harbor tour and the next day a bus to the Blue Mountains to repel. We stopped on the way to see the Three Sist http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-413480.html Hi EveryoneHere are some pictures from the flight. It was a couple of student's first flight. I thought their parent's might really like to see their smiling faces.The gentleman pictured here is our delegation manager for the trip and will be us from this point on. He is great.Also thought you might want to see our stop at the playground and a couple of our guides. Will not post tomorrow pro http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-412606.html Hi EveryoneWe made it safely and are worn out. Landed about an hour late due to our plane out of LAX waiting for a plane from NY. It has been a great day but we are calling it lights out at by 1030 because the leaders are worn out. Here is a picture at the Sydney Arx Sports Coliseum.Bambi http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/blog-412476.html As we prepare for our trip to Australia we are considering what it means to be an American and an ambassador for our country. Part of that reflection includes community service. This past Saturday about half the students volunteered at the New Bern Relay for Life. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/New-Bern/blog-394341.html We are all safe at home now. Before we left the students wrote their thoughts of their travels. Here are a few.The trip wa amazing. I don't know how to feel right now though. I'm actually bummed about having to go home. I can't wait to see my family but I will probably never see 30 of the kids again. Part of the reason the trip was so fun was because it took every single one of us to make http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/blog-308818.html Today we went to the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. It is hard to believe it was the last day. Tonight we had a goodbye party by the pool with pizza. Thank you parents for entrusting your children to us. It has been a privilege to get to know each of them. I want you to know that our delegation manager said they were the most prompt of the six delegations she has led. If we said be at a certai http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-307628.html Today we visited Versailles. I can tell that some of the students are getting antsy to go home. Below are some odds and ends from the past couple of days. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-307201.html Here is a video Melissa took. See each of you soon. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-306863.html Leonard donates this video on what is really happening in the back of the bus. Everyone is getting along so well. It has made the trip even more special. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-306459.html Today we left Heidiland. See picture of mountains from my balcony. Just gorgeous. We stopped in Lucerne for a little shopping for chocolate and knives and then off again for France.Yesterday was journal submission so I am including some of the students comments on the concentration camp and their homestays. There are a couple of poems from Justin. I have also included pictures of students on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Hautes-Alpes/blog-306449.html Today we will meet to say goodbye to our homestays. We will meet the bus about 10am German time and head to Switzerland. The leaders have run into a few students as we have been about and they all have smiles. Only one student had a touch of homesickness but Bruce has seen her personally and she is much better.Here are a couple of pictures of Munich. Joni and I took the train there yesterday.To http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-305818.html This a couple of days combined. On the 23rd we traveled and had a oneonone interview with a concentration camp survivor. Another P2P group from California met him at the same time. His interpreter came in first and told us the speaker would not allow any photos gum chewing slouching or sleeping. With a beginning so strict I wasn't sure how he would be but the speaker was amazing. He said http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Vienna-State/blog-305379.html We are in our home stay now and I have Internet. Yeah Here is some more information about our travels.Tuesday the 22nd we continued to beautiful Sirnitz Corinthia. Here we discovered the life of the Austrian mountain farmers. The weather was cool no crowds and no vendors. We don't have to constantly count to make sure we are all present. Check out the link to httpwww.albeck.at to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/blog-305182.html We have so much to tell you but unfortunately it will have to wait because I am typing from the front desk of our Austria stay. That is the only Internet available here right now. The first night the hotel did not have Internet and we got back to the hotel to late to walk to the Internet cafe. The next night we camped in a Medieval village and of course....no Internet. Tonight the hotel does http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Austria/Salzburg-State/Salzburg/blog-304106.html We had a great day. We visited the Leaning Tower of Piza cleaned a beach and have rode about 180 miles to our next destination. The scenery was beautiful. Since it was such a slow day I have included a few pictures to see if you can recognize your student.The Internet is down at our hotel and a few students and I have walked about a mile to get to an Internet cafe. I don't know if I will hav http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/blog-302424.html