Walking to School

Since we've moved to India, we've been able to show you all pictures of our classrooms and our home. Today, we thought we'd show you a bit of what lies between. On our walk to school today, we took a picture every few steps to give you an idea of what it's like living in the foothills of the Himalayas. We feel quite blessed to live above school rather than below. It is much easier to rush down if you are running late and trudge up after a long day of school. We'll let the pictures do most of the talking here. The first picture is taken from our front door.

(The view off our terrace was a bit foggy this morning. Sorry.)

(Behind the fence in the picture above right, you can see the site of our new gym. This is supposed to be completed before the end of our contract, but we're not holding our breath.)

(In the foreground of the picture above left, you can see some evidence of the mules being used to build the gym from the previous picture. It is important to watch where you're going on the way down.)

(Straight ahead in the picture above left is the kitchen with its big exhaust vent. Above the kitchen is Beth's art room. The scooters to the left are a very popular and practical form of transportation with our narrow roads.)

(Above, the kitchen is to the left and the dining hall is straight ahead. Our path down to school takes one to the back of the main quad.)

(Only a short walk through an inside hallway and one enters the quad. The middle and elementary schools are here with the high school up another big ramp.)

(The middle school is primarily on the third floor of the quad. So after a long walk down, we need to walk back up three flights of stairs. Be sure to note the Indian directional notices on the stairs.)

The door to the right in this final picture is Beth's English room. To the left, you can see the windows of Dave's social studies room above the lockers. Hopefully you've enjoyed this little tour which we take every day. The walk back up is much less enjoyable...

Dave and Beth