We arrived in Indonesia in the evening and then made a 2 1/2 hour drive to my friends home in Bandung. My friend has a daughter that is just younger than my own. They asked that we stop by the school and say hello. They invited Riley to attend all day, but we thought it would be best to let her rest after the long flights. So we stopped by when school had about 2 hours left. Most of these kids have never seen a white person before, let alone one with blonde hair so we really stood out. We were immediately mobbed by the kids. It was kind of funny. Here are some pictures of Riley's first day at school.

This shows the classroom where Amelia attends class. That day the other teacher was sick, so they had two classes meeting in the one. We had taken a VERY large bag of candy, mostly chocolates and licorice. Luckily, I had packed extras.



You can see the kids peaking in through the windows trying to get a look at Riley.


The lady on the Right was the school principal. She only spoke very little English, but she wanted to ask so many quesitons. She was really polite. As we sat in her office, the kids kept trying to peak through the door and windows. It was really funny. The lady on the left was one of the teachers and she had studied a little English so she was able to ask us more questions.



This is a picture of my friend Jim and daughter Riley. This is what the school yard looked like shortly after the kids found out there were white people visiting the school.They asked Riley to stay and she was too nervous to do it. So this picture was just as we were getting ready to leave the school grounds.



There was a vendor at the gates of the school grounds selling a Jello like treat. Jim bought some for Riley so she could try it. It quickly became one of her favorite treats while in Indonesia.



When we left, we walked across the street to a little shop and about 20 kids followed us. They asked that Riley please return with them and attend the last part of school with them. We finally talked Riley into it. Amelia's mom returned with them. Riley said they all kept asking what her name was, where she lived, what kinds of games she liked to play and then asked her to sing them a song. I don't recall which song she sang to them. But she showed them how to play tick-tack-toe.

The little girl below with the sticks is eating this jello substance. It looked really slimey, but the kids all seemed to enjoy it.





Okay, I will post more when I get more pictures resized. After we left Riley at the school, my husband and I went to the local outdoor market. Just wait till you see some of those pictures.