Our school

Another day of orientation. It has been really nice getting all of the new teacher items taken care of here at ACS. The staff here is amazing and they do a great job helping us out with everything. Today we got our pictures taken for our IDs and our blood test and TB test. Good news, I did not pass out! Starting tomorrow the rest of the faculty will be here as well and then we have 9 days of institute. I'm excited about that because it seems like there will be a lot of time to get to set up our classes and work on our curriculum. It's quite the change from the one day institute. Ryan was able to get into his office today and is busy going through everything to see what he has to do. I imagine its pretty overwhelming, but he is loving it.

We still don't have wifi at home, or cable, so I have quickly gone through my mbs. I'll probably have to go today or tomorrow to re-up those minutes again. But it's actually really cheap, 26 bucks a month. Most cafes, bars, restaurants have wifi to use and right now I am at school on that wifi. 

Big adventure yesterday was finding the bootleg DVD shop, which is awesome. Every DVD for 1000 lbl which is less than a dollar.  Actually, 1000 lbl is $.66. There are no US copyright laws so all movies are pirated copies. We brought the PS3 so we can watch movies, but of the 5 we bought only 1 worked. So I took a quick jog back, less than a half mile, and exchanged them. Of the two we tried them, 1 worked. It is some sort of format issue with the PS3. 

Speaking of running, it is amazing here. Running on the Mediterranean is gorgeous. There are a lot of people out running. However, there are a ton of hills so it is tough. Plus it's really humid, and my hair is really huge! 

As far as prices, things are pretty scattered. Fruits and veggies are really, really cheap. They put everything in one bag and weigh it. Other things, like cheese, are really expensive. Like 29,000 lbl which is $19.19. 

Also, I was thinking if you have any questions you want answered email me or whatever and I'll try to answer them, if I know how too. Otherwise I'll ask one of the wonderful people here who we have met already. 

Here are some pictures of some of the school. It is separated into a few different buildings. 

Going to another building

All lockers painted every year

Cafeteria

Outdoor cafeteria

Outdoor theatre area

Ryan's office

Ryan's keyboard

Door of Ryan's office, not sure of who's dog it is...