SAETL Annual Dinner

I had my first experience of the Adelaide public transport this evening...pretty similar to home really. The first bus was 20 minutes late which meant I was going to moos my connecting bus! Luckily, I'd got chatting to a lady who suggested I go a bit further down the line & get the tram which runs from the city to the coast regularly all evening. The tram was bang on time which was great. The ticket guy just checked my ticket & moved on but when a bunch of inspectors got on, I was in trouble for not validating my ticket. I have since discovered that a ticket is valid for 2 hours & you're able to change vehicle as many times as you like during this time.

Name suggestions would be appreciated!

When I eventually frond the pub, and the little back room we were in, I was welcomed incredibly warmly. As most exchange teachers had been here since January, I was taken under the wing of the organisers. It was an inspirational evening full of memories, inspiration and national anthems. The food was delicious, I had scotch fillet which was cooked beautifully.

My gifts together!

There were teachers and students from a whole range of countries: Japan, France, Germany, Canada, England & the US. Each country had a representative who gave a short speech or presentation. I was offered the opportunity to say a few words as I was the only teacher exchanging from the UK. I politely declined as I was completely unprepared. I was, however, presented with a very cute wombat which I will be taking with me & including in photos (maybe a cute Geoffrey replacement?)

 I was given this beautiful flower arrangement by my hosts which smells divine and will apparently live well without much care & even stay looking pretty when it's dried - those of you who know me well know that, although I love plants, I'm not particularly green fingered!  My journey home was far less eventful apart from a uie on a main, busy, highway!