Last Friday Sean finished two weeks of work with English Adventures, a company that seeks to combine outdoor education with English language immersion. He spent the first week with middle schoolers and the second with high schoolers. Sean spent most of the program leading short backpacking and camping trips and also doing a bit of kayaking instruction while at base camp. He had a lot of fun and is hoping for some more contract gigs with the company. English Adventures' bread and butter is summer camps but this year they are looking to increase their business into other seasons. The two week autumn camp was their first experience partnering with local international schools to offer an intensive field trip. The future potential in cooperating with international schools in Tokyo has many fun and lucrative possibilities.
This winter they are going to attempt an English immersion ski camp for the first time. They asked Sean to be one of the winter outdoor education leaders and he told me that he really wanted to do it. The problem is, the ski camp runs from December 24 to January 7 (my winter break) and for me, the thought of being alone in Tokyo over the holidays was not very appealing at all. Thus, Sean inquired about the need for female ski instructors and found out this week that we were both hired to work together at ski camp. Spending Christmas and New Years with twenty staff and one hundred and fifty adolescent snow bunnies sounds very relaxing and romantic, right? In any case, I'm sure it will be an "adventure"!
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Jealous!
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What a blast