Let's go back a few months...

A lot has happened since the 10th of August. The last part of July and the first part of August are just a blur in our rear-view mirrors as Jen and I think back to all the things that had to be done at home before we left. Jen did a superb job of basically packing up our household, and stashing it in the 29-foot trailer we have parked in our back yard. Cam finished putting a new metal roof on the "shop" just days before we left. Well, all of that's a story we don't really want to recall right now.

We arrived in Weil am Rhein to a joyous welcome from the staff at Rhein International Academy. We spent the first few days settling into our two-bedroom apartment, and then in helping to get the school cleaned up and organized in time for the students to arrive on August 20th. We walked to and from school for those first few weeks (before we latched onto some bicycles), and enjoyed the beautiful stroll through part of Weil, then the walk up (or down) the spiral staircase that leads over the railway tracks, and on to RIA.

Rhein International Academy is a small English-speaking school which is open to students of all faiths and nationalities. We presently have students from the U.S.A., England, India, China, Spain, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland to name a few. Our web address is www.riaweb.net (Check out the smilin' Scot on the home page!)