Journey (Nearing its end)
We’ve had many requests (well, two) for an itinerary for our homeward journey:
June 27th Mark and Traci arrive from America.
June 28-July 2 Seeing in and around Xi’an
July 3 Fly to Beijing –Howard Johnson Paragon Hotel 010-6526-6688
July 5 Board Train #3 (Trans-Siberian Express)
July 7 Stopover at Irkutz Russia and Lake Baikal 3952 334290
July 9 Board Train #9 (Trans Siberian Express)
July 13 Arrive Moscow -Zarya Hotel (Emergency Contact +7-4954534368
July 16 Golden Ring Tour Train #62 to Vladimir/Sudzol (rail and bus)
July 17 Board Train #59 to St Petersburg
July 18 Arrive St. Petersburg Home Stay
July 20 Leave St. Petersburg (Air France via Paris)
July 20 Arrive LAX
Classes ended for us last week, with administration of final exams. The students were very kind to both of us, insisting on giving small, thoughtful gifts, and wanting to have their pictures taken with us.
The Legal English class was assigned a mock trial using the OJ Simpson case as a model.
It was a surprising pleasure to watch the students, in a scant 40 minutes, present a credible prosecution and defense of the case, and to watch the “jurors” discuss, and change each other’s minds, in reaching not guilty verdicts. Virtually all of the students had found great treasures of supplemental materials beyond what I provided, including transcripts of testimony of all key witnesses, the opening and closing arguments, and key evidentiary rulings. They brought out facts I had either forgotten or never known, which they discovered in the records they examined. Their final grades reflected my satisfaction with their grasp of legal terms, procedure, and evidentiary relevance.
We hope to be seeing many of you soon!
Enjoy.
Jim and Janet Wright