We are very excited about the 2012 Group Study Exchange Team that will be traveling to District 1890 (Hamburg and Northern Germany) in May and June of 2012. The team will consist of a Rotarian team leader, four team members, and an alternate in case one of the team is unable to make the trip.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
We just keep cruising along with more and more interesting programs and fun things to do. Today we had a fascinating tour of Flensburg with lots of information about its complicated history with Denmark. We met with the town planner at the town hall and then attended the meeting of the Flensburger Förde RC where we enjoyed a lovely luncheon and gave our presentation. Everyone seemed to enjoy it very much and the song went well. Later we had an informative and fun walk with Willfried Janßen, a retired professor of biology. He showed us around a nature preserve on the edge of the Förde at Holnis. His passion about the environment and the interrelationship of man to nature came through very clearly. We ended the day with a magnificent meal at the Fährhaus Holnis restaurant. We share pictures of our presentation song; RC president Eric Mader and GSE coordinator for the Flensburger Förde RC Franyiska Sievers with the team; a plate of delicious lamb, potatoes and green beans with bacon; and an out-of-sight desert with pudding, rum, fruit, und schlag; and finally a picture of me and my wonderful hosts Ursula and Eric.