nine children, the teacher and her husband and I drove 16 hours in two days. We saw the first royal school in Romania, an Orthodox and Lutheran cathedral. The next day we visited Peles castle, the summer retreat for the first king of Greater Romania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele%C5%9F_Castle) during the last half of the 19th century and reaching into the 20th. We stayed overnight in a youth hostel of which I wasn't expecting much. We also went 1400 meters up a mountain by cable car.I was amazed at how differently things are done here on class trips. None of the other parents came and the teacher was responsible for all the others. There are eight boys and two girls in his class, so you can imagine how rowdy things were. Ethan really enjoys playing with them and building his Romanian. Discipline is different too; ask me about it some time.
I was glad to spend time getting to know Ethan's classmates and teachers a little better, but especially some good father-son time together. I believe short year-end class trips such as this at younger ages would be good for some American schools and families.
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