Have Tefl will Travel

Dont Tell Bob! (Bubble's Story)     Hi, my name is Bubble. Don't tell Bob but I have a secret!! I live on the Moon; well, I live inside the moon!  In the moon,  I have in an apartment with my family.     I have silver hair and boots that bounce.       Every morning Bubble wakes up, she tak es a shower, she brush es her teeth and brushes her hair into moon buns. Then she eat s her breakfast— biscuits and cheese and rainbow juice .   Soon Bubble's best friend Lala arrives. Lala is a   K langer, she and her family make all the food on the moon. Today Lala makes Moonberry   muffins.     Lala wears pink apron and smells of chocolate and cinnamon ! Bubbles mum and dad are scientists.  Every morning, they travel to Earth though a special door . Their job? They study the aliens on earth.   They say, “Have a good day Bubble!”,    then they step through the special door and go to wor...

  I wanted to share with you some photos from the school I have been volunteering at in Córdoba in the north west of the country. The reason for my visit has it origins in my summer school teaching in Oxford last year  a group of students and their 2 teachers, Carol and Joe, came from Córdoba and invited me to visit during my trip. I’ve have had a wonderful time. I can’t properly describe the warmth and love I have been treated with here. Argentinians are very warm and friendly and once you have met them that’s it, friends for life! The staff have taken me into their hearts and it was difficult to leave this week. On Tuesday Ceci invited us all to tea at her apartment and laid on a fabulous spread that she and her mother in-law had been cooking for days. I was very honoured that Miss Pamela joined us. Miss Pamela and her sister founded the school 30 years ago. They started with an English language school but then build the  Mark Twain Academy for 3-18 year olds . Hilariou...

 Last night I found myself at a Cacao ceremony and an ecstatic dance experience..... I was a little unprepared and didn't completely understand what was going on.  My friend Claudia explained to me that the cacao ceremony was not just hot chocolate but a sacred ritual practiced for centuries,  facilitating spiritual connection ,   healing , and self-discovery. The cacao is prepared in a ritualistic way with prayers and song. They believe the cacao is a natural medicine from the earth. The ceremony is led by a knowledgeable guide and includes a ceremonial cacao elixir made from sustainably-sourced cacao beans. During the service the leader filled a cup with the hot, unsweetened and aromatic cacao and passed it to her neighbour in the circle saying  "I give this with love, receive it with gratitude" and then each person passes it  to their neighbour saying the same until everyone has one. a musician then played instruments and sang beautifully while we sipped...