We have arrived, or as Eden says "We are walking on African dirt". We are staying in the Gaborone Sun Hotel while our "flat" is being painted and repaired.
Here are some of the girls' observations so far:
We found a lizard with a blue head and yellow and black polka-dotted body and tail. It was on the tree outside our hotel room balcony. It was doing a mating dance with a couple of females.
There are also very small lizards that are very fast. We saw a couple of bulls on the road, and some other cows, goats and chickens beside the roads as well.
Our hotel room is cramped with all of our stuff. Thankfully, we have two rooms and we should only be here a few more days. The hotel pool is f-f-f-freezing, and there is a log playground with a big blow-up dinosaur slide that we played on. We went on a nighttime hike through the hotel grounds with Dad. It was s-s-s-spooky.
There are three choices for international schools for us to attend. There are Thornhill, Northside, and Westwood. We drove by them today and our favorite so far is Thornhill.
We have appointments at the schools this week for assessments. Then we will choose. We go to Thornhill tomorrow.
You can check out all three schools using the links below. Let us know what you think.
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I'm so glad you're 'walking on African dirt' safely. How incredibly cool that the girls have already seen a lizard mating dance - seriously, you're not in Indiana anymore, Toto.
I looked at Thornhill and Northside's websites (couldn't connect to Westwood's for some reason) and it doesn't really look like you can go wrong.
I hope your family has an easy settle into the flat when it's painted and repaired - I also hope you'll share pictures of your new digs :)
Love you! cm
Big hugs to E,H,T&T, too!
I'm thrilled to be able to follow along on this fabulous adventure of yours. I've become a blog junky with Carla's blog so I will certainly enjoy reading yours also.
Much love to you all,
Susie and Daryl
Glad to hear you all arrived safely.
Wow, this is so cool! Which Standard is Eden going into? Will Hope be at Reception level?
Based on websites alone, I'd vote for Thornhill -- after all, they've been educating *happy* children for over 40 years (the implication being that Northside or Westwood have been educating unhappy children).
btw, the Google gave me this link to Westwood -- is this the one you're looking at?
alice
Matt and Carla, Is your playset done yet?
Carla's Mom - Thanks for reading our blog.
Alice, We went to Thornhill today and ALL the kids had smiles on their faces the WHOLE time we were there. Something in the water? Daddy is looking into it.
Love, Eden
HA! No Eden, the playset is still under construction. What is up with things taking so much longer to complete these days? :)
I'll post pictures of it as we make progress along the way!
It sounds like Thornhill is worth the water! I want to see big smiles on your face, Eden!
Hugs to your parents, sister & brother.
cm
That Thornhill -- I don't know if you'll learn anything but the uniforms look pretty neat and at least you'll be happy! Let me know what you think of Northside and Westwood.
So glad you're all there safely. Can't wait to hear what school you choose. We are thinking of you EVERYDAY! We're home from our little vacation. L. and C. can't wait to tell you about Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford Museum! Missing you and can't wait to get pictures of all you're seeing, plus your beautiful faces over the web. We've got to get a webcam this week! Love each of you! Uncle Scott is mentally fist bumping Trey and holding his two favorite nieces upside down!
Peace and Purple Love,
Us!
Pretty funny - you go halfway around the world and end up at a school with the same name as the one you left.
Good luck getting settled in, and thanks for keeping us up to date.
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