Leigh in Azerbaijan

The M2 students went on a trip to Gobustan in the last week of school.  The reasons for going are to see some petroglyphs (this is just one of many) (check out Flickr)

some graffiti engraved by a Roman soldier (Azerbaijan was the outer reaches of the Roman Empire) and the mud volcanoes.  The mud volcanoes [...]

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I’m disappointed in myself that I’ve not had much success with getting beyond food words in learning Azeri. I’ve returned to reading articles about the language learning method called Total Physical Response (TPR). I’ve suggested that Sally’s friend, Abbas, who has volunteered to help us learn Azeri, might use this method. It [...]

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Just experimented with a new gadget that Google Docs provides.  Spreadsheets complete with picture graphs.

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The kids’ song was a great success.  I was so proud of them. There were lots of good comments from teachers afterwards too.
After school I chose to walk to Azal Airlines on a street 28th May to buy a ticket from Dubai to Baku for August.  The women at the counters all looked busy so [...]

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Forbes reports that Baku takes the prize as being the world’s dirtiest city.  To put this in perspective many people comment on the news item and can’t understand why their filthy third world city in Africa or India etc.  doesn’t rate in the top 25.  Maybe it’s the kilometres of oil-soaked land just out of [...]

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