So in about 12 hours time at 3.00 am Thursday morning I’ll be talking via ZOOM to a class of Year 7 students at Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt, a GERMAN school in MEXICO about my book DON’T CALL ME ISHMAEL.

Never thought I’d type a sentence like that.

Anyway, as you can see below, I’ll be in some impressive company. At least virtually.

Not sure how it will all go.

The students I’m speaking to haven’t read the book yet and talking over Zoom and trying to engage people has its challenges, especially when English is not their first language.

And that’s assuming that the technology actually works as it’s supposed to.

And that I’ve calculated the time difference correctly.

And that I hear the alarm and wake up!

Oh well. Fingers crossed.

I’ll stop this post now and finish it after the session to let you know how it all went. Or didn’t go. As the case may be.

Wish me luck!

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Well the good news is that I managed to wake up and the technology worked!

Not sure how much the kids got out of it what with the language/accent barrier, but I did my best.

Pretty amazing being able to chat to a class 13,000 klms away. Days of miracle and wonder all right.

4 am. Time to hit the hay! (We really should invest in some proper beds!)

Cheers
Michael