Another gorgeous day. Weather like a sunny day in German August. After having given our white car a new polish, we visited the Thames High School, without making a date before. By chance, the principal (Schuldirektor) was there and had time for us (this is the first of two weeks of vacation). He showed us around and explained all the facilities of the school. What caught our attention is that the NZ teaching system is covering an approach to equally the practical as the theoretical aspects of the subjects taught. That is, you not only learn about the science of nutrition, you equally learn how to cook. And equally, pupils learn to work practically in industrial arts, graphic design, agriculture, physics, art, and others more. They don't have a three-fold system like in Germany with more academic and more practical approaches. It's all in one, and the distinction is made by the number of years you attend school.
After lunch (sandwiches) another walk along the beach, at Te Puru, starting from our beach house. The sun was shining hot, and as there is less mist than in Germany, the colours were shining bright. We like the different and sometimes exotic sounds of the birds here. The kids climbed two enormous (Kauri?)-trees on a free plot. You have to know that a long walk alongside the shore is never a problem here unlike in other countries, as it is not possible to own a piece of shore, that means that there are no fences that stop your walk. Every so often there is a creek flowing into the sea, which is to be crossed barefooted. And now I'm sitting here at the computer, and I have set out to answer all the emails that have reached us since we are here.
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