esther is now on her way back. first flight is munich to singapore SQ327, second is singapore to auckland SQ281
facebook group updates (these have all been from the teachers)
Final tour update from me!
I just thought I’d fill you in on two things we have discovered while on tour:
1. The “Viennese 2-Minute Walk”. This happens when a tour guide at the Summa Cum Laude Festival (ours were Czech and Bulgarian) tells us that our next venue is a 2-minute walk away. Actually, it’s more like 15. Therefore there are exponential increases, so a 10-minute walk is more like 45.
2. The “Hungarian Surprise”. This could actually be anything at all, but it’s likely to happen at the very last minute after a great deal of waiting around and uncertainty. Therefore it could be good (i.e. “We are building your stage at dawn” actually meant that they were rigging a Western Springs style rock concert, with all the trimmings), or not so much (i.e. “You are having lunch at one of the finest restaurants in the city” actually meant another load of meat and carb but no veggies).
Everyone has developed patience and an appreciation of how others do things, and also how we do them!
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We’re almost all checked in. Except for the last lonely timp
