Final good-byes and farewell lunch

Friday, March 7th was the final day of classes for our group at King's Education. During the weekly student assembly, each of our students received a graduation certificate from their teacher. Afterwords, we took them out to Oxford on Avon, a great all-you-can-eat buffet place right on the Avon river. It was a sumptuous meal, and good times were had by all. This also gave us an occasion to offer up some appreciation to Beth Pettigrew, the King's administrator who was in charge of our group. She worked really hard to make sure we were well taken care of, and everyone was really happy with her efforts. The fact that she had spend a year in Toyama as an exchange student in high school and could speak fluent Japanese also helped!