Small World - I'd hate to paint it though

Today we decided to explore one of the nearby watertowns - often described at the Venice of the west. Not just this one, but any of the numerous watertowns that you are able to visit are described the same way. We chose to go to Zhujiajiao because it's the closest one to where we are staying, and it also supposed to be one of the more authentic ones. It was a beautiful little town with lots of traditional things going on. When we entered the garden section we were totally shocked and amazed to see a group of students and teachers from Coomera Anglican College - including my former Head of Primary Graham Kirkpatrick and Alison Robinson who I shared a staff room with. There were also some of my former students there, one that I taught when she was in grades 4, 7, and 8, and is now in grade 11! We were reading last week in their weekely newlsletter that they were heading to China for their annual student trip, but never in my life did I think we would actually 'run' into them. It was really great to see them all and to catch up on things back in Australia. Jenene and I were both quite stunned for the rest of the day and couldn't believe what had actually happened. It was a really great twist to the day's adventures.