The Last Few Weeks

Marhaba everyone!

I'm sorry it has been a long time, but I've been quite busy and did not know what to write!















At the end of April I went to Cyprus (Zypern) for two days. It was very nice: the weather was sunny and the beach was good and I got to practice my Greek (kal' imera!)
















My classes have kept me very busy. Now the last few weeks of school are coming and my students (and I) have a lot to do. I am teaching my ninth grade about the ancient Greeks (next week: Alexander the Great) and I will teach my tenth grade about Germany and Otto von Bismarck!

Next year I will be an advisor for "Model United Nations" (So eine UNO bestehend aus Schüler/innen aus aller Welt). The students debate about issues and vote on resolutions). Two or three times we will travel to other countries and meet students from other countries.

As you may have heard, the last seven days have been a little disturbing here in Lebanon. There is an extreme Palastinian group causing trouble in the north and a few bombs went off in Beirut. One bomb exploded about 1 kilometer from where I live.

Many of my friends are worried about me, but I do not feel so unsafe. The school is open and I walked around the city a bit today. Everyone is concerned, but also hopeful that things will calm down (sich beruhigen).

I am coming to Germany for five weeks beginning June 19th, so maybe I can come by Gymnasium Edenkoben (?). So maybe we will see each other soon!

Maa salameh!

A Trip South (eine Reise in den Süden)

On Sunday I went with 31 ACS students to a partner school in southern Lebanon.

The school is in the village of Sch' ataya near the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.

The ACS students painted the interior walls (Innenwände) with cartoon characters and played with the children who came to welcome us.

Across the street from the school there is a little hair salon.

I spoke with some of the men. Two of them work in Germany and we spoke German!

Then I decided to have my hair cut: the barber (Frisör) did a good job!

Well, I'll write again soon.
Marhaba aus Libanon!

Field Day at ACS

Marhaba!

This week is the second week of "Spirit Week" at the ACS.

Every day students -and teachers - compete in many events (streiten in Wettbewerbe) like Tug-of-War (Tauziehen), Arm-Wrestling (Arm-Ringen), Chess (Schach), etc...

On Wednesday afternoon (12-17 UHR) we held "Field Day" (Spielfeldtag).
Teams competed in:

Volleyball,





Basketball,





Hockey,



Soccer (Fussball)



... and



Wall-Painting (Mauer-malen)



The students sold good food!



All the students had a lot of fun!



And I did too!

Maybe your school would do something like this?

Until soon!

Grüsse aus Beirut!

A Walk around Beirut

On Sunday I took a long walk around Beirut.


The weather was very nice and warm!

I walked along the coast towards the south to "Pidgeon Rock" (Taubenfels). Many people go there.








An American tourist took a picture of me there!








To the south of the city the beaches begin. There aren't many people on the beach now, but the weather is quite nice and by May the beaches will be crowded!



Yesterday I walked downtown (zur Stadtmitte) and saw some Roman ruins!





The ruins are of Roman baths in "Berytus" (so hieß Beirut damals!).

Well, I'll walk around some more and show you more pictures soon.

Let me know what you would like to know about!