Monday, September 06, 2004
It's been a while.
Summer whizzed by, as it usually does. It has been really beautiful. The weather was cooler than usual and it felt just right. None of that draining summer humidity except for the odd day here and there. It rained a fair bit and I am told the farmers are happy with that.
Summer in Ottawa is festival time. Let's see now... we had the Jazz Festval, followed by the Blues Fest, and then the Chamber Music Festival (purportedly the biggest in the world) ... of course I shouldn't forget the Folk Music Festival which kind of rounds off the summer each year. Did I miss any of the biggies? In between we had all kinds of ethnic festivals. The Byward Market was as busy as ever with local farmers and vendors during the daytime. At night it was a paradise of restaurants, bars, pubs, musicians...
Oh yeah we even had an election sometime in between. We now have a minority Liberal government, quite a fall from the commanding majority they had going into the election. Parliament opens in October. Teachers, if you haven't taken your ESL class to Question Period in Parliament, consider it seriously. Now there's an activity that your students will remember for a long time to come.
Classes start tomorrow, September 7. Labour Day weekend is almost over and it's back to the serious business of ESL. Serious? Well yes. But also tons of fun. Nothing like it.
Until next time.
Summer whizzed by, as it usually does. It has been really beautiful. The weather was cooler than usual and it felt just right. None of that draining summer humidity except for the odd day here and there. It rained a fair bit and I am told the farmers are happy with that.
Summer in Ottawa is festival time. Let's see now... we had the Jazz Festval, followed by the Blues Fest, and then the Chamber Music Festival (purportedly the biggest in the world) ... of course I shouldn't forget the Folk Music Festival which kind of rounds off the summer each year. Did I miss any of the biggies? In between we had all kinds of ethnic festivals. The Byward Market was as busy as ever with local farmers and vendors during the daytime. At night it was a paradise of restaurants, bars, pubs, musicians...
Oh yeah we even had an election sometime in between. We now have a minority Liberal government, quite a fall from the commanding majority they had going into the election. Parliament opens in October. Teachers, if you haven't taken your ESL class to Question Period in Parliament, consider it seriously. Now there's an activity that your students will remember for a long time to come.
Classes start tomorrow, September 7. Labour Day weekend is almost over and it's back to the serious business of ESL. Serious? Well yes. But also tons of fun. Nothing like it.
Until next time.
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