Opening Ceremony

Last night the IGeo was officially opened here at the Sacred Heart High School. We started with speeches from the Head of the Geography Union from Taipei, The Cardinal for Taipei and the people from the IGEO including our own Professor - Lex Chalmers.

After the speeches all teams were welcomed, stood and waved as their national flags came on screen. We also watched a short film on Taipei. It was great to learn more about the city we will be in for the next wee while. Taipei is a safe city which has a strong focus on enviornmental sustainability - they have a huge recycling program which was really good to hear about and they have set some high targets for reducing land waste.

We were entertained by the school choir who sang some traditional songs and then its a small world after all in 6 languages. We then all learnt this in chinese and sang and were then taught a dance which we all joined in.

While Anna and Lex attended the International Board Meeting Annette and the Boys went down to the social function where there were a lot of photos taken!