Monthly Archives: December 2013

Then we take Berlin

Posted on 21 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

We began the holiday season this year with a visit from Alice, our older daughter who lives in our house in Oregon. Alice was more than ready to come see us after the ancient oil-burning basement furnace gave up the … Continue reading →

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Smells like Christmas spirit

Posted on 21 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

I’ve been finding it a little hard to get into a holiday mood. If you live in a country where Christmas starts as soon as the back-to-school sales are over, it might be hard to imagine anyone feeling nostalgia for … Continue reading →

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WWW

Posted on 19 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

A week of service learning outside the traditional classroom is an important component of the academic program at many international schools. In September, ICS students in grades 10 and 12 had their Week Without Walls: grade 10 worked with a … Continue reading →

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What we ate

Posted on 18 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

Those of us on the conference trip were amazed by the food. As you would expect, Hong Kong has fantastic Chinese food, especially dim sum, but there is also every other kind of cuisine you could wish for. There are … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong

Posted on 14 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last Wednesday I flew to Hong Kong along with two ICS colleagues for the 3-day 21st Century Learning International conference. The conference itself was pretty inspirational, and I’ll try to post about that later this week. But meanwhile here are … Continue reading →

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Diplomatic weekend

Posted on 10 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

Last weekend was a busy one for the family. The ICS Model United Nations club hosted the PanAfrica ADDMUN conference. The first of the 260 participating students to arrive flew in from Austria and Kenya on Tuesday night. In his … Continue reading →

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Deck the halls

Posted on 4 Dec 2013 by lornaofarabia

When we moved in to our new place, I couldn’t help but notice we were the only house on the street with no razor wire on the outer walls. I liked it that way, but the school didn’t think it … Continue reading →

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