If you want to join in with something a little different from the normal EF tour day then hopefully you will bump into some of the following while touring Europe in June. Midsummer celebrations – Watching sunrise on the longest day at Stonehenge is quite the experience but not always the most practical to arrange. Read more…
During my spring break tour one evening, my group and I were returning to our hotel by the London Underground (or tube). At one station, we were faced with a “dead” escalator. Some of my students claimed we had to climb over 100 stairs to get to the top. As my group made the arduous Read more…
On tour last month I had the chance to visit the Salt Mines near Salzburg with my group. This is a great bit of fun and a chance to cross the border between Austria and Germany (and back again) while hundreds of feet underground, you don’t get to do that every day. Salt mining first Read more…
Inspiration is a funny thing. Sometimes you don’t even realize it’s happened until much later—until after you’ve aced the big exam, nailed the final performance or hit the winning shot. National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 7-11. It’s a chance for students to thank those teachers like you who work so hard to inspire them Read more…
Just last week I was coming to the end of an Austria, Germany and Switzerland tour and was in the Black Forest up to my nose in the local cherry cake when I realised it will soon be May 1st. When I started doing these weekly pieces a couple of years back I read some Read more…
As a veteran EF group leader, I am sure to run into people I have met on past tours when I return to the same travel destinations. Believe it or not, I have also run into people from my small town while traveling abroad. In 1989, when my students and I were staying at a Read more…
The British honours system (which requires the traditional vowel enhanced spelling) is widely known of but, possibly, not always best understood. How do you become a Knight? What does OBE mean and who gets to wear a medal and who a ribbon? These are questions which require answering. So, here is a short guide to Read more…
My previous series of blogs focused on highlights of our 2011 trip to Costa Rica. Like the other 7 trips I’ve led in the past 11 years, this one was a great experience and a huge success. Some of the students that traveled with me last year are now seniors while the rest have gone Read more…
