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Ask an Expat Roxi Edition: Going to School Overseas

Do you wonder what Roxi is looking at? She’s admiring this view in Gent, Belgium.
Julia asked: Maybe Roxi could do an “Ask an Expat” guest post….what do you enjoy about being in school overseas? What do you miss about the US?
Roxi says:
What do I enjoy about being in school overseas?
What do I enjoy the most…that’s [...]

Stretching and growing

Somewhere in London.

Roxi took her 9th grade placement tests yesterday. All new students are required to take at least a math and English test. A lot of kids also took a modern language test. Roxi tested for French III.
She did very well in English–there’s just one class, so I am not sure why they needed [...]

A new school, a new school year

I have had four cups of coffee today. It was so hard to wake up early.
Roxi and I went to new student orientation at her school today. I was amazed to see how many families had just arrived within the last 48 hours–a few of them arrived yesterday. They must be exhausted! I cannot imagine [...]

Drive-by Blogging

Mr. DJ and I celebrated our 17th Anniversary last weekend by taking Trudy and Roxi for a picnic at Valley Garden in Windsor Great Park.
My parents are here for a two-week visit.
We have 10 days before the movers come to pack up our stuff for the move to The Hague.
Movers are still waiting for approval [...]

We have baby birds in our English Garden!

 
 
Here’s a short video I took of the nest when the babies were about two days old.
Other weekend excitement: Roxi went on her 8th grade “Adventure Trip” to Charterhouse in Mendip Hills on Friday and Saturday. She went rock climbing, abseiling (oh my gosh!), caving (very intense), hiking, and did a bit of archery (until it [...]

Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London

Roxi and her classmates went on a field trip into Town yesterday. They left school at 4pm, went to dinner (the kids are allowed to break into small groups and eat wherever they like), and then saw Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Unfortunately, Roxi didn’t get home until well after midnight, so I [...]

NL Move: School? Check. House? Check.

We had a successful trip to The Hague last week. Roxi liked her school–it seems big and modern, the classrooms were bright, and everyone seemed happy and friendly. She is really looking forward to starting High School in the fall! The only drawback is she will start school a week or so earlier since she [...]

Roxi’s French Adventure

Roxi and about 30 other middle school students visited Normandy, France over the long Bank Holiday Weekend. They boarded a coach early Friday morning–skipping school, woo hoo!–and drove out to the coast. There, the bus drove onto a train that zipped them through the chunnel. Forty-five minutes later, they popped out in France.
The kids and their [...]

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program

 
Spring break is FINALLY over. The last two weeks felt so long. Not bad long–it was a great break. But I think it makes the rest of the school year harder to face, to buckle down and get back into the groove. Only 32 more school days left!
I think Roxi feels refreshed, though. She did [...]

We’re s-h-o-pp-i-n-g, we’re shopping*

A restaurant near London’s Fortune Theatre where we saw “The Woman in Black”. There were some really nice-looking shops in the Covent Garden area. Too bad we didn’t have time to do a bit of browsing on Tuesday.
Yesterday, Roxi and I ventured into the town next to ours in hopes of a little beginner’s luck [...]