Going home

Had a nice relaxing final week in Wellington including a day at the local primary school. Everyone very friendly and interested to make comparisons. Really a lot of similarities. especially in a lot of the AiFL techniques. They are just introducing a national curriculum with clear levels and targets for the first time so that is creating a lot of discussion.
Took the cable car up to the top of the wonderful Botanics in the town. Great views:


A slow walk down hill to the city takes about an hour:


I also visited the house of Katherine Mansfield a NZ short story writer from a century ago - an amazing woman with a real Bohemian lifestyle and a great writer. Below is the NZ parliament building:

On Friday I tool the 12 hour Overlander train journey to Auckland. Quite a scenic trip:


And from there it was a flight to Osaka in Japan, a few hours in the airport then on to Amsterdam and finally to Aberdeen.
So home now and looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
Sorley