Hiya! I have arrived in the Isle of Wight and have started to settle in. It is very pretty here. I was very sad to leave Canada though. I was busy during the last week and didn’t really think too hard about leaving. On Sunday I had a BBQ with people from the play. I was really sad and then they gave me a present of a glass wall hanging of Shakespeares head. It was specially made in Hamilton by a local artist and I was very touched. I said goodbye and then walked out and started crying. One of the people drove me home and had to contend with my blubbering. I got back home and said a very tearful farewell to Jane Anns parents before we drove off. In the car I tried to regain some composure. At the airport I had a little bit of trouble because the lady wouldn’t give me my ticket straight away. I had to argue with her a little bit. Then everything went quite smoothly. I cried a bit more when Jane Ann left. After that though the whole trip went quite smoothly.
The plane trip was very nice. I sat next to a very nice guy from Spain and we chatted for a lot of the trip, neither of us could sleep, and I was invited to come and visit him in Spain. (Maybe I a little bit invited myself but it all works out to be the same in the end)
My arrival to the Island went smoothly except that I was super tired. Really tired! It took me a few days to get over the initial tiredness but I am all right now. By the time I had arrived on the Island Jon Paul had already found a place. So, I only had to spend two nights at the bed and breakfast. We are living in a very nice flat right in the centre of Cowes. It has a very good fridge that automatically makes ice and has a dispenser for filtered water. It is awesome. We also have a video so as we speak I am watching the videos that Ebony had painstakingly taped for me. It was worth the wait.
I have met many of the teachers who have come over from other places. They all seem nice. Jon Paul is very nice. Everyone I have met so far has been very nice and very helpful.
One of the first things I saw was a sign that said ‘Hamilton Meats’. It’s a shop that sells meat. It was selling Ostrich eggs for 7.50 pounds each. That is $18.75 Australian. I will buy one one day and make a giant omelette.
I went to the school today. There were quite a few people around and I was shown all around the science department. My classroom is awesome. I got my timetable aswell and I am teaching only year 10, 11 and 12. I am teaching A level Biology. I was really impressed with all of the stuff they have. All the programs and modules are written and there are even all the lesson plans. PLUS! I get a laptop. I can use that laptop for work and this one for all the other rubbish I do. I have no photographs of the island yet but they are coming. I promise they will come.
