Thanksgiving 2008-Alexandria

Day After Thanksgiving- A Walk Along the Pier

Two Young Ladies on the Pier

Fishermen off to the Side of Pier

More Fisher-Dudes

Fisherman and Tall Buildings

Lots of Salty Water

Another View of the City

Looking Towards the Old Part of Town in the West

More Salty Sea Spray

Along the Corniche

One of the multitude of wild cats----digging through a pile of trash

Schutz Street--Kris is just behind horsecart that has passed her

Schutz Street--Fruit Vendor and Kris

Schutz Street-Fruit Vendor and Pomegranates

Schutz Street-Looking Toward the School in Background

A Fine Display of Local Produce--Egyptian Oranges in Front

Trash, Trash, Trash----Everywhere!!

Colorful Horsecart

Another View of Horsecart

Puller of Horsecart

Typical View of Alex Sidestree-Very Narrow

Kris' Newest Hairstylist---$1.50 to get your hair cut

One of Hundreds of Yellow Alex Cabs--Russian Lada Car

Another of the Wild Cats

Side Street That Runs Along Schutz School

Friday Morning--Post-Thanksgiving Breakfast in Dining Room

Noah-the son of two of our teachers-one of two children living here(the other is a newborn)

Time to Hang Out the Laundry

Noah and Toy Gun--Thanksgiving Evening

Three of the Fabulous Schutz Cooks!!!

Seham---The Head of the Cooking Crew

The Cooking Crew and a Big Pile of Turkey!!!

Two of the Cooks

On Thursday, November 27th, the staff of the Schutz School were treated to a delicious Thanksgiving meal prepared for them by the fabulous school cooking crew. I snapped some pics of the cooks along with their boss, Seham. She is in a couple of the photos.
The rest of the photos were taken today, Friday, November 28, as Krs and I went for a walk around the school neighborhood and then, later, I went for a solo stroll to the sea to see what I could see. It's takes about 15 minutes to get to the Corniche, the walkway/street which hugs the Med.

Talking Turkey and Boo!!!

Fall Festival--Playing games under the covered volleyball court

The Wizard of Kris

The Wizard of Kris and a new Sheriff in Town

Our principal just had a baby( one month old) and here you see Kris

doing her "Grandma" thing....Look at that big smile on her face!!!

Debbie, our Canadian host, and her husband, Mahmoud.

Seth, on the left, one of the guys we came with in August, from Kansas. On the right, Joseph, another Canadian on the staff, who also came with us in August.

Debbie doing some dumping.

Mike C., principal's husband and father of the young baby

getting up close and personal with a bird.

Monday, November 3, 2008

My goodness, here we are, in early November. Our first quarter of school has been completed, we have parent/teacher conferences coming up in about a week, and the snow is DEFINITELY not flying here in Alex. The temps are coming down a bit, but most days they still get into the 70's and 80's.
In late August most of the staff got to together at a Canadian colleague's apartment for Thanksgiving ala Canada. The Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated in late October, but it's the same warm and wonderful holiday that we look forward to back in the U.S. There are a few pics taken of that occasion. Debby, the Canadian in question, has been teaching at Schutz for quite some time and is married to Mahmoud. They have two adult sons living in Australia and Canada.
Last weekend we celebrated our Fall Festival/Halloween party here at school on Thursday evening, the 30th. There were games and lots of other activities for the students to do. I have included some pictures of that event as well.
Kris and I are looking forward to December when we will be having our first full family reunion with the boys for over two years......in IRELAND!! We are excited about seeing Matt and Jacob again. Also, with my Irish roots, I've always wanted to visit the "homeland". We will spend a few days in Dublin, but most of our time will probably be spent in the west of the country. We've tentatively booked a place to stay in Ballina, Ireland, which is located in County Mayo.
That's all for today...
Mike