Field trips

While here at the school I've also gone on a few field trips! It's been fun to tag along (for free) and get to see some of the things the kids have.
We went to Micropolix once. It was really fun for the kids. Basically it's like an Itz/Nickelcade/ Hinckle Family Fun Center but instead of teaching kids to gamble, it's teaching them to work. The whole place is designed to be a mini city. When we arrived, each kid was given 20 eurix (the currency of their new city) and a passport. They were then allowed to go work (as firefighters where they get to put out fires with a fire hose, ride the pole down etc, as doctors who saved a patient, vets who identified animals, police officers who went to the academy and then got in a real police car, etc)-- where they would earn more eurix-- or they could spend their money on candy, travel, or other activities. There were things like go carts, but first they had to go to Driver's ed and get a driver's license, and other activities like that. It was really cool! I thought it was much more wholesome than American equivalents that are essentially slot machines haha.

Four wheelers- license required

Below you can see where kids with a Micropolix state issued drivers license could go for a spin

The town hall and line for the police academy

 

For the teachers, we were all treated to a nice breakfast, and had time to wander and go to the nearby mall.

 I found a Lindt outlet store and bought a ton of chocolate of all kinds of flavors-- which happened to all be on sale that day.

My favorites were the extra dark (the US dark lindors are 45%, the European darks are 55%, and the extra darks are 70%), coconut, caramel and mint.

I've also been to the Danone factory (US markets it as Dannon), and on a little hike in the mountains. It's been really fun to tag along and learn along with the kids.