Our final day in the Essen and Ruhr area took us to the Pestalozzi Gymnasium in Herne for a visit with the director of the bilingual education at the school.
We visited two history classes in the bilingual department. The teachers and students later joined us for a conversation about learning History and other subjects in English, and there was a great exchange of ideas.
We enjoyed lunch in Dusseldorf prior to our meeting with the Mediazentrum of the North Rhine Westphalia Education Ministry responsible for the academic and cultural media creation and the digitizing and archiving of multimedia projects.
It was interesting to see the facilities and the works in progress.
We even had time to watch the USA defeat Algeria in the World Cup match. We have serious football/soccer fans on this trip!
We took the train to Frankfurt, saying farewell to Madalena and Nico who took such good care of us. We are settled in to the hotel, and several folks are watching the game or touring the area and locating a light dinner or snack.
Mary,
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing experience!!!!
I understood from your blog that at the institute you taught students??/or did I read this info incorrectly.
Your pics are captivating...photo opps are always there, but your keen eye and sensitive soul captured a story in many of your pics.!!!
Safe travels home!!!!!
Talk to you when you return...
PLease take care,
Lana