Tian - February 2007

Renée and Tian

Meet Tian, she visited us from China in February 2007. Her English was excellent, which made for some very interesting conversation. When we have our students stay with us, part of it is learning about their culture and their lifestyle etc. What we found fascinating, however, is what they are taught about their own country and about other countries. These kids study, study, study and as a result are very intelligent. We were able to have quite a debate about the Chinese wall and it's purpose and what countries form provinces of China, and what we in Australia have been taught.

Tian only stayed with us for three days, a very short visit to say the least, from there she was travelling to Melbourne, then Canberra and then onto Sydney. Apparently her group was also wanting to travel to New Zealand, however they were talked out of this, as they wanted to do this in a trip of 7 days - not likely LOL - I don't think they realise how big Australia is.

We took Tian into Adelaide City, we were planning on taking a trip on Popeye (a small boat that travels on the Torrens), however we found this to be a little pricey, so from there we went to Pt Adelaide and the did the Dolphin Cruise. We had lunch on the boat which was lovely, although the Dolphins were a little disappointing this time around.

Aaron, Rod, Renée and Tian in Adelaide City

After the boat trip we also managed to squeeze in going to Glenelg, to check out the beach and go for a walk along the Jetty, it was a beautiful day, lovely sunshine and great fun.....Tian was quite excited about getting her shoes off and enjoying the sand and water on her feet.

On Glenelg Jetty, me and the kids

Nothing better than sand in your toes and sun on your face!

Crosswords were found to be very good homework for Tian, practicing her English skills, she spent quite sometime with Rod and Renee working on these, they were also great conversation starters......

Crossword time