{"id":4239,"date":"2016-12-02T05:37:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-02T05:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2016-12-04T22:07:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-04T22:07:45","slug":"visiting-aisb-in-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting AISB in Bucharest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trip began on November 14th at Pearson International and about fourteen hours later, I got my first glimpse of Bucharest.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/airport\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airport-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airport-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airport-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airport.jpg 967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4240'>\n\t\t\t\tToronto\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/airportbuch\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airportbuch-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airportbuch-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airportbuch-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/airportbuch.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4241'>\n\t\t\t\tBucharest\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4242 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hotel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hotel\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hotel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hotel-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/hotel.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bed in my Villa Paris boutique hotel room was a welcome sight!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4243 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/view-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"view\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/view-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/view-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/view.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the view outside my room. Two restaurants across the road and TONS of cars everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each day, AISB sent a van to pick me up. Here&#8217;s one of my friendly drivers and here&#8217;s typical traffic. This city is wall to wall cars.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/driver\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/driver-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/driver-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/driver-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/driver.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/traffic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/traffic-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/traffic-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/traffic-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/traffic.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the outside of the American International School of Bucharest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4258 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aisb.jpg\" alt=\"aisb\" width=\"868\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aisb.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aisb-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/aisb-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4244 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/drj-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"drj\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/drj-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/drj-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/drj.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s me and Dr. John, the secondary teacher-librarian at the American International School of Bucharest. Stacey, the elementary teacher-librarian, was my main contact and organizer extraordinaire, but she doesn&#8217;t like getting her pic taken.<\/p>\n<p>I did a dozen presentations over three days at AISB and really enjoyed the students&#8217; questions and enthusiasm. The primaries were particularly enthralled with Adrift At Sea, and we had some great discussions about the tough choices Tuan&#8217;s parents had to make. Many students wanted to know more about Tuan&#8217;s youngest sister, Van.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/adr2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr2.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 85vw, 507px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/adr1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr1.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/adr1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>With grades 3, 4 and 5 we talked about Last Airlift and One Step at a Time and also Aram&#8217;s Choice and Call Me Aram. My favourite scene to read aloud from the Tuyet books is Tuyet&#8217;s first birthday party in Canada. The students really enjoyed it too.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/teaching-guide-last-airlift\/airliftcovernew1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/airliftcovernew1-218x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"airliftcovernew1\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/airliftcovernew1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/airliftcovernew1-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/airliftcovernew1.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 85vw, 218px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-175'>\n\t\t\t\tpublished in 2011\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/one-step-at-a-time-teaching-guide\/onestep\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/onestep-213x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"onestep\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/onestep-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/onestep-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/onestep.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 85vw, 213px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-59'>\n\t\t\t\tSilver Birch winner\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/teachers-guides\/arams-choice-4-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/arams-choice-254x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"arams-choice\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/arams-choice-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/arams-choice-127x150.jpg 127w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/arams-choice.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 85vw, 254px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/aram2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aram2-252x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"aram2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aram2-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aram2-126x150.jpg 126w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/aram2.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 85vw, 252px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>For students in grade 6 and up, it was all about World War II, modified, of course, for grade appropriate discussions.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/stolen-child-4\/stolen\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/stolen-194x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"stolen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/stolen-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/stolen-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/stolen.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 85vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-207'>\n\t\t\t\tScholastic Canada original edition \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/my-books-2\/bombsjpg2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bombsjpg2-193x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"bombsjpg2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bombsjpg2-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bombsjpg2-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bombsjpg2-128x200.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/bombsjpg2.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 85vw, 193px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/myrca-and-marsha\/underground\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-191x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"underground\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-96x150.jpg 96w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-653x1024.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground-1200x1883.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/underground.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Classes finished early on Wednesday so I had an opportunity for sightseeing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4256\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bookbag-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"bookbag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bookbag-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bookbag-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bookbag.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I walked up and down the streets near my hotel and in to the center of town. Beautiful old buildings, some restored, many not. And tons of cars. People would park anywhere &#8212; blocking streets, on sidewalks.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/buch9\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch9-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch9-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch9.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/buch7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch7-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch7-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch7.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/buch6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch6-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch6-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch6.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/buch5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch5-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/buch5-150x113.jpg 150w, 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I was thrilled to see two friends&#8217; books side by side &#8212; Lesley Simpson&#8217;s Purim Surprise and Lee Warlaw&#8217;s Won Ton!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4263 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wonton.jpg\" alt=\"wonton\" width=\"967\" height=\"725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wonton.jpg 967w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wonton-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/wonton-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The three days whizzed by! Soon, it was time for the last session, the last Bucharest dinner, and the last glimpse of Vila Paris Hotel before being whisked off in a taxi in the wee hours of Saturday morning to the airport for the next part of my adventure. Many thanks to Stacey, John and Louise for their careful planning and coordination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4264\" src=\"http:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/last.jpg\" alt=\"last\" width=\"901\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/last.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/last-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/last-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-4239 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/lastmeal\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lastmeal-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lastmeal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lastmeal-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/lastmeal.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/visiting-aisb-in-bucharest\/vilaparis\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/vilaparis-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/vilaparis-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/vilaparis-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/vilaparis.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trip began on November 14th at Pearson International and about fourteen hours later, I got my first glimpse of Bucharest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[371,372,370],"class_list":["post-4239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aisb","tag-american-international-school","tag-bucharest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4239"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4334,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4239\/revisions\/4334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calla.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}