Mr. Mobini's Highlights - Week 2

What can I say, I am a lucky teacher to be able to visit and explore amazing cities with such rich culture and history. Berlin, Aachen, Cologne, Nuremberg, and Munich have been awesome!  After spending the last week with my 10 students, I came home to a beautiful landscape which constantly reminds me of peace and tranquility.  The sun was shinning ever so brightly and the smell of manure was permeating the air... ahh yes, I am in God's country.  This is Bavaria as I know it, fields of grain and corn with miles and miles of farm land, and yet, I find my rest away from all of the chaos that comes with not only being a teacher but a guide as well :)   I have taken many groups to Europe and have lead tours in beautiful cities throughout Italy, Germany, France, and Spain.  Yet exchange trips like GAPP are transforming!

Yesterday we hoped on a train to Salzburg, Austria and on the way we stopped to make a quick visit to a salt mine.  It was a lot of fun seeing my students enjoy themselves.  My enthusiasm of course can be seen in this photo..  :)  either way, I am enjoying myself with a great host and a very talented teacher, both of whom I continue to be humbled by.  I have been nothing but a sponge, absorbing all of the tools and methods that I see being successfully used in and out of the classroom.  I have enjoyed my encounters with them and of course with the wonderful staff of Franz Marc Gymnasium.  I just hope that I can be a better teacher to my students from each conversation I have. 

Here is a picture of the two teachers who have been amazing in allowing us to experience this trips to the fullest.  Great company of course...  Both teachers came to Seattle for three weeks to learns from our school and now I get to do the same with them.  Both are such hardworking and caring teachers, Franz Marc Gymnasium is blessed to have the both of them there on staff.  Going through Salzburg with them was a joy.  Not to mention seeing great sights and being mystified by this one person on the streets with his fancy balancing act was a lot of fun.

Most of all, these two weeks have been enriching professionally and spiritually.  Just one week to go and we will conclude our German experience trip... one that marks the 30th anniversary of an amazing relationship between our two schools.  I haven't forgotten to count my blessings for having the chance to participate in this experience, yet my thoughts and prayers are always back at home with my wife and daughter whom I miss so much.  I cannot wait to see you both real soon and to enjoy the rest of my real summer vacation.  See you in another week my beautiful principessa!  I love you!  You too Chiara :)!