Ending the school year ....

I have two more days to teach before summer and I am utterly exhausted. It's incredibly hot here, the children are totally switched off and everyone is just counting the minutes. It feels like time has stopped.

At home both of our air-conditioners decided to break at the same time. One would only give out room temperature air, i.e. about 35 °C, and the other was leaking out floods of water. We tried getting them cleaned out. This fixed the leaking one, but the other one had to be replaced. We spent several very bad-tempered days and sleepless nights while we were waiting for them to be fixed. I haven't been doing any sightseeing for the last two weeks as I'm simply much too tired, but I have been out for end of term drinks or attending in school leaving-dos.

For end of term drinks we went to a Canadian bar in North Point called The Big Bite. They serve ice cold Estrella and soggy poutine. My Canadian friend loves this. I had never even heard of it until we started going to this bar. Poutine is chips and cheese curds covered with gravy. It originated in Quebec in the 1950's. They do a couple of versions here. Personally I like the version with added mushrooms best.

In The Big Bite.

In The Big Bite.

Onion ring anyone?

In The Big Bite.

Poutine.

At school some members of staff are leaving including our school librarian who has worked there for twenty years. I'm not far behind her, I have been in my school for nineteen years. Also last minute our music teacher decided to leave and return to the USA. We will miss her very much.

Saying Goodbye.

Saying Goodbye.

Saying Goodbye.

We took some photos with the view, too as it's possible to see a long way from school.

Posing with the view.

Posing with the view.

Other than that life has been about swimming in our club swimming pool which now feels like swimming in a bath. I know some people love that but I prefer the water to be cold and going out for meals and drinks in the Bounty Bar.

Even the seals are too hot.

The Bounty Bar.