It's twenty to midnight on a school night and I am still sat at the computer. This is because I am waiting to be picked up and taken back to school so that we can head off for the school visit to Athens.
As ever in this country, the organisation of the trip has not been completely plain sailing!! A week last Wednesday I received a call to say that the Pakistani half of the group had had their visas refused!! This was not good news!
Thus started 6 days of stress and consternation for all involved. I could go through the whole story, but really I haven't got the energy at this time night. Suffice to say, the whole thing was a complete farce, in fact at one point I thought I should put on my dog collar, take of my trousers and run round with a standard lamp!! Finally, thanks to the help of one of our parents, and the diplomatic staff of three countries, and that didn't include Pakistan, the visas were finally issued last Tuesday.
Therefore, 40 students and 6 staff will be meeting at school in just over an hour and heading off to the airport to begin our big adventure. We are going to see all the sights and sounds of the Greek capital and will spend one day cruising around some of the islands.
There will definitely be an educational aspect to the trip, not least as no-one seemed to understand the references to 'not stealing the marbles' made by the Head of Maths today. Time to reintroduce Classics me thinks...
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