Leigh in Azerbaijan

Chris arrived on schedule.  Everything went well, bar the missing suitcase.   We’re told it will arrive in the morning and will be delivered to the apartment.

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There’s been some developments in the classroom.  Michael and I each have one more computer in our rooms!  Life is good!  At least now I can kids working on typing skills or extension maths activities or writing stories in pairs which is much better than one at a time.
I’ve asked about a data projector and [...]

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Tomorrow morning Chris flies in from London and Adelaide after nearly two days of flying.  His trip didn’t really pass through Baku but he’s such a nice character that he’s coming to say hello.  My first guest from back home!  I’ve lined up a trip to Gobustan and to the opera if he’s interested.  One [...]

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Sam went to buy a ticket to the Whirling Dervishes from Konya this week but learnt that the government has bought every ticket for its own people.    Does this seem unethical to you?

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Photos.
Yesterday (Thurs 19th) I went with Chris, Guyani, Adam and Sam to Quba, which is north of Baku by several hours. Afer having passed the sad industrial Russian chemical wasteland of Sumgayit, which had the world highest infant mortality rate for a while, we got to Quba fairly late in the day and [...]

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It’s not as easy to load photos as it used to be.
Check my photos here on Flickr

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It’s amazing to be in this part of the world!  I know of many teachers this coming week, who are going to Georgia, UK, Lebanon, Israel, USA, The Netherlands … there’s probably more.  It would be impossible for any Australian school to have people going to so many countries.
Another fact is that virtually every teacher [...]

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I only have to be back at school on Monday week, so have some time to organise my classroom, assessments and think ahead. I’m lined up some Azeri lessons next week but will also find my way to the south of the country to do some sight-seeing.
There are only two P8 classes and [...]

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The temperature around here gets a little boring this time of year.    I guess God ran out of imagination for weather when she got to Azerbaijan.

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Did I tell you that I’m going to an evangelical church two streets from my apartment?  Preaching is in Azeri and translated to Russian and also vice-versa.  I sit where an interpreter translates for around a dozen English speakers.  It feels a little like Pentecost.   The congregation, Greater Grace,  meets in a Lutheran church, which [...]

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