BISS “On the Road”, Day 1, 9/25/13

The banking story continues.  There are many layers and steps to the story, but ultimately, I believe I’ve got the problem solved, the account is set-up, and the transfer is sent.  Now, we wait to see if it goes through.

Judy is spending her day traveling with “BISS on the Road”.  It’s an activity where each grade level goes out of the school and does field trips all over town.  The older grades go out of Beijing and spend several nights out.  It’s an effort to get the kids out into the town and the countryside and to “see” China.  On Friday of the “week”, each grade level combines their photos and videos and put together a video presentation of their experiences.

Judy is with 6th grade this week, for two days.  When we get back from the holiday that’s coming up, she’ll go out with the 2nd graders.  She has four students assigned to her when they’re out.  Today they visited several really great sites located around The Forbidden City.  They did a scavenger hunt in a Hutong (small traditional neighborhood) that specializes in shops full of antiques, rare coins, etc.  They visited a gorgeous park with great views of the entire city.  They ate traditional Peking Duck in a restaurant Judy says we’ve must revisit.  They visited an exhibition center with a huge map of Beijing, under glass.  The students are able to walk on top of it.  Sections of it not under the glass had models, to scale, of the city.  They were able to find their school.

View from Jingshan Park into the Forbidden City

The view into the Forbidden City from JingShan ParkMap of BeijingHuge Beijing City Map, under glass.

Map buildings

Beijing map, buildings to scale.

Beijing Map, BISS

Beijing map, building models to scale. BISS is the school in the bottom left corner. If you look close, you can seek the track.

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