Whoo-hoo! We received our itinerary this week. And wow, the schedule is packed. We'll be hosted by several Rotary Clubs including the cities of Maastricht, Geleen, Venlo, Oss, Geldermalsen, and Zaltbommel (Google fun for you all). Our activities include both vocational and cultural events.Here's a few of the activities on the agenda:
—Visiting the Sappi paper factory
—Excursion to a mining facility in Blegny, Belgium (it's an old coal mine that closed in 1980)
—Visiting the 2,000-year-old Roman city Aachen in Germany
—A river trip
—Bike tour to a brewery (that'll be fun getting home!)
—Visit the Gliding Club in Venlo
—Visit the gardens of Arcen Castle
—Visit Rotterdam
—Going to Nyenrode Business University
—Sailing trip and visiting Volendam
—Spa time at Thermen Lucaya (a personal favorite :-)
—Leisure bike tour (with pancakes, it says. Yum!)
—Exploring Amsterdam
—Cooking workshop in Zaltbommel
—Loevenstein Castle
—Visiting the city of Utrecht
We'll also be going to 8 Rotary Clubs to give our GSE presentation. We'll be staying with about 6 different host families (we're all going to different houses). And yes, there are a few open hours of free time. I think we'll be needing it to catch up on sleep ;-)
We're all getting excited --- just under three weeks before we leave! We have another meeting on April 16 to rehearse our presentation and to pass out the brochures, business cards, blazers, and jackets, assuming everything arrives by then. Oh, and I exchanged some dollars for Euros this week. Paying $1.44 for $1 in Euros is not cool. That's going to make for an expensive cup of Starbucks!
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Is that my Amsterdam photo? I'll be looking in the mail for my royalty check. ;-) Once I receive that, I'll send you the high res version.
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ReplyDeleteMy name is Joeve Volmer. I am organising your stay in Zaltbommel. I'm 58, female and I have a 27 year old daughter, who lives in Washington DC. I have a gallery of modern art, that is closed at the moment because we are renovating Bloemendaal 3, where the cooking workshop will be (if we finish it in time). Zaltbommel is a very old city and you'r staying right in the town centre, with a female laywer called Gabriëlle. She has two kids ,a friend and a dog. I live one block away in the Bloemendaal next to the place where the cooking workshop wil take place. It's nice to read that you'r looking forward to your stay in the Netherlands. We do our best to give you and your team a wonderful time. Let's hope the vulcano is keeping quiet. Here are some new frases:
I love The Nederlands, kids, dogs, this food, old buildings.
Ik hou van Holland, kinderen, honden, dit eten, oude gebouwen.
See you in Zaltbommel,
Joeve
Hi, Joeve! Thanks for all the info! I've got lots to do in the next few days, but look forward to meeting you soon!
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