Every week on my way to Akuna Matata school, I pass a pyramid in the middle of nowhere. It's fascinated me from the first day I passed it. Alex the driver, does not speak a word of English so we just listen to music the entire 30 minute drive to the school and there is no way I can ask him what this pyramid is all about. After weeks of driving past it, I decided to google it to find out more. A Russian by the name of Alexander Golod built this pyramid claimin...

Out came my jacket and gloves soon after we landed! A thin layer of snow covered the ground and it was drizzling. After a 4 hour flight, I still had another 3.5 hours to get home. Firstly the aeroexpress from the airport into Moscow's Paveletskaya Station and then the metro to Tushinskaya and another train ride to Nachabino. The thought of taking the bus from the train station home definitely did not appeal to me especially with it still drizzling and knowing...

The day had finally arrived! I was going home to Israel for the weekend. I must have checked the time a hundred times during the morning and couldn't wait to finish morning classes. As soon as I had finished teaching, I ran up to my room and packed and repacked my suitcase. I tidied up my room, went downstairs for lunch and finally, oh finally it was time to leave. Oleg, our school driver, drove me to the train station at Nachabino. He was really sweet an...

Hustle and bustle so early in the morning! Today the middle and senior groups are putting on a play for their parents. The floors and walls have been washed, the rooms are all spotless and everyone is looking their best! Aphelia has been busy in the kitchen since the weekend, cooking and baking for today. Each child was given a gift bag filled with baked goods to take home. The middle group started off with their play. The room was packed with parents so un...

I woke up once again to minus temperatures which will continue as we approach winter and will be around for quite a few months, I think until at least March, but that did not stop me from piling on the layers to go shopping. Looking and feeling like the Michelin Man, I wobbled through the estate to get to the bus stop and had to stop to take photos as I passed the ponds. They're starting to ice up and have either snow floating around them or big broken pieces of...