We traveled up north to the coast today and had a special audience with the Mayor of Keelung, the 39th largest seaport in the world. He presented the GSE team with a lovely plaque and individual gifts. The meeting was followed by a trip to a Buddhist temple and lunch.
In the afternoon we drove along the rocky coast before meeting with the Keelung Harbormaster. A showing of a marketing video was followed by yet another exchange of gifts and a tour of the harbor by boat. We may have to arrange for a shipping container to bring home all the gifts.
A late afternoon trip to the mining village of Chiufen included a snack of Stinky Tofu. Joni & JP let the others enjoy the delicacy while they took in the view of the pacific, which didn't smell like Stinky Tofu.
All members returned for a quiet evening with their host families except for Stanley who accompanied her host to a Rotary 10th anniversary party at the Taipei Hwa-An Club. Can you say "Ganbei!"
The Members of the 2008 District 7680 GSE Team are:
Team Leader: Rotarian Joni Stanley, a retired bank Vice-President
Team Member: Meredith Alm, Assistant Manager of Extreme Ice Center
Team Member: Jennifer Pearsall, Director of Charlotte Mecklenburg School System's English as a Second Language program
Team Member: Juontonio "JP" Pinckney, Foreign Exchange Analyst at Wachovia Bank
Team Member: Lena Warmack, Reporter for The Charlotte Observer
2 comments:
HEY MOM (JONI)!! JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM FOR YOU. IT'S SO COOL LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES AND THINKING ABOUT ALL YOUR ADVENTURES. NOW I KNOW HOW YOU FELT WHEN I WAS IN ITALY. I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU! SO HAVE FUN AND BRING HOME LOTS OF GOODIES...HEHE ;)
xoxo
Alise
Hey,Jennifer...How do you know the eggs are really 10,000 years old?
Mom
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