Travel, travel

Over at Carmi's blog, Written.Inc, people are posting fantastic travel pics for this week's Thematic Photographic theme.

Travelling is one of my very favourite things, so I found this topic rather daunting. I have so many photos - where should I go with this? 

I spend my working days with teenagers, and so eventually I decided to go with travel shots in which I've taken children and teenagers. Some I've posted before, some I haven't...

In 2005 I was lucky enough to take a group of students  to Shanghai. 

The Chinese exchange group came to New Zealand for 2 weeks, 

then about a month later we went there for 2 weeks. 

School was very different -

But McD's tastes the same wherever you go:

By the time we left to come home, the kids and their billets had become  good friends, 

and there were some very tearful farewell huddles:

In 2010 I was in Greece.

I was delighted by this beautiful bronze boy in 

the National Archaeological Museum in Athens

My favourite kid shots from my trip to Turkey are this one in Istanbul  

of a little boy celebrating his circumcision day:

and this group of children at the Mausoleum of Ataturk, in Ankara:

Italy, 2011. This is the Fontana del Panthon, in Rome

and I love the expressions in this school group photo in the Naples Museum

A little girl on Capri

and a less fortunate child, in a shed of other relics, at Pompeii

One of my all-time top 10 kid photos - two cherubs, in St Peter's Basilica in Rome

 

Lastly, two more school groups, one waiting to enter the Duomo, in Milan:

and the other in Vernazza on the Cinque Terre:

Hope you enjoyed some of my kids-around-the-world photos. 

Bon voyage!

Thematic Photographic 197: Far from Home

In 2004 I had the good fortune to take a group of 17-year-old students 

on an exchange trip to Shanghai.

Although I've been to places which are a lot further away from home in terms of kilometres, in a cultural sense it's the furtherest I've ever been away from home.

Street scenes:

Parking space Footpath:

 

 Night view of the Oriental Pearl Tower,  taken from the 

nearby Jin Mao Tower:

Ground floor foyer, Shanghai Museum:

School grounds, Jiading #2 High School:

Hot Pot dinner with my host teacher's family:

Go here to Carmi's Written Inc. for more faraway photos.

Thematic Photographic 130: Far from Home

I'm a Taurean (not that I take any notice of that stuff....). We bulls are supposed to be homebodies, preferring to stay ensconced in our little cocoons. I do love my home, but the last little while I've rediscovered the joys of travelling, and I plan to do a LOT more.

Because I can.
While I can.

From a trip in 2004 when I took some 16 and 17 year old students to Shanghai:

 

 Our usual breakfast in the dormitory we were staying at. In the bowl is a very runny rice porridge. The dumplings were yummy!

  

 An English classroom - a little different from my one. There were about 40 kids in the class - 14 year-olds. It was all rote learning - repeating words, as a group, over and over. My kids couldn't believe how dull and boring it was. I threatened to teach them like that when we got home...

 

 School assembly. Complete with bands and marchpasts.

 A visit to a park. A reasonable request, I feel.

:)

It was a great experience - and looking out these photos brought back some great memories. Thanks, Carmi! 

Join in our Thematic Photographic fun here.