Harry Potter influences...

First day of the culture exchange and much fun was to be had!

We have a lovely bunch of students and staff from America and we managed to get through 2 hours of our respective sign languages without losing the plot completely (a challenge in itself!) We managed to bamboozle them further with an introductory session in Scottish words and phrases and then got to know them better with...

A mini conference and a chance to practice my interpreting skills, and give my confidence a boost, before blethering with my lovely buddy over drinks in the windy weather.

A dash into town for a tour of the city and a few highlights which included the site of the first Deaf Club in Edinburgh (in the extras: the white building). Having Deaf people with us made the tour special for this fact alone.

The picture above is one of J.K Rowling's influences George Heriot's School.