So, once we’d caught up on a bit of sleep the CRS team took us out on the buses again to see the Eco Park. It’s a huge community park with lots of playgrounds and space to play ball games or have a picnic and plenty of interesting things to look at. It’s so enormous that you can hire bikes or ride on the train that gives tours. The main attraction, though, is the miniature versions they have built of some of the wonders of the world. We certainly weren’t expecting to find ourselves somewhere that looked like Italy today…or China… or Egypt! Have a look at our photographs and see how many wonders you can spot (and which ones you think are missing). You can see that we found some friends- a lovely group of children who wanted to chat to us and were very keen to have their photographs taken.
Kolkata is an incredibly busy city with people crowded into every building and spilling out into the street. We’ve seen people washing themselves and their clothes, cooking dinner and even sitting reading a newspaper on the pavements of roads that are bustling with cars, buses, rickshaws, bicycles, cows, dogs and lots and lots more people. It’s very loud too, with car horns and all the stall holders on the street trying to persuade the passers by to buy their wares. The colours are amazing with brightly painted buildings and signs and vibrant saris everywhere. I think we had both forgotten how fast and exciting Kolkata is and we’re so pleased to be back.
It’s almost 10 o’clock in the evening here and we’re ready for bed because it’s been a very busy day. With you it must be about half past four so we hope that you enjoy looking at our pictures this evening and we’ll look forward to reading your comments at breakfast time (when you will all still be tucked up in bed asleep!).
Night night and lots of love from Miss Gill x
(PS Can you find Teddy Edward enjoying one of the wonders?)
Further adventures in India... 
Hello Miss Gill and Mrs M,
Today I am doing the RSPB bird watch. So far I have seen 5 collared doves, 3 blackbirds, 4 great tits, 1 blue tit, 5 coal tits, and 7 jackdaws . What birds have you seen?
From Emmy.😊😉😊!!!
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Hi Emmy, that sounds like a fabulous day! We saw some birds of prey over the Cathedral this morning and we think they were kites. There was also a pair of chipmunks chasing through the trees- we tried to take photos of them but they were too fast! Miss Gill and Mrs M x
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Eco Park looks a really interesting place – is it in central Kolkata or out of town? The weather also looks good – is the air any cleaner? It is all bringing back many great memories of my visit last year – I bet you can’t wait to get to Hastings School and see the children again!
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We are so excited to see all the children again but we have to wait until Tuesday- CPD tomorrow so we’re all doing last minute prep. The Eco Park is amazing, about an hour from the hotel…but still definitely in the city. Weather has been beautiful today – not sure the air’s any cleaner but the Sun is very pretty with all the haze around it!
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Well finding Teddy Edward was harder than finding Wally in the Where’s Wally books! But we found him!!
Glad you arrived safely and looks like you’re having a fantastic time already! The Eco Park looks like a lot of fun – we would love a day out there for a play and picnic and a quick round the World trip!
Looking forward to reading more of your adventures! Lots of Love Ellie xx
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Ha, glad you found him! He’s having a whale of a time- look out for the picture of him dancing on a boat in today’s blog post. It’s bedtime here so we’re just doing the last bits and pieces to be ready for tomorrow. We’ll be working with all the teachers and helping them learn to teach English.
Night night, love Miss Gill x
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