Sunday June 4
Well, as Lisa said, we got home on Wednesday afternoon after the long overnight flight home from Rio to Miami to Indianapolis, including about 5 hours in Miami Airport.
After a full month, now it seems to have gone so fast.
The memories we will cherish the longest will be the people we met along the way, in Arapongas, Astorga, Apucarana, and Londrina.
Many of you know Fernanda, who participated in the exchange from Brazil to Northern Indiana and who also hosted Kirsten in Londrina. Guess she had an accident and injured her foot enough to require surgery. Fernanda, if you read this, know that we are thinking of you!
As Lisa said, we enjoyed our evening and day in Rio de Janeiro. Met up with Roz and her friend, JoAnn, for dinner at one of the street restauratns in Copacabana that Monday night. Tuesday morning we spent some time ont he beach as you can see from Lisa's picture. That afternoon we hired aprivate car and took in Corcovado with the Christ statue that looks over Rio. Hope someone shares their photos.
We purchased our hotel, the Rio Othon Palace, from Sky Auction for about $100 a night and lucked out with rooms on a high floor (27th out of 30) with great views down Copacabana Beach. Fantastic location and great for people watching, especially outside Help Disco late at night.
Next year's GSE program from District 6450 (northern Indiana) will go to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We are looking for team members. If you know a professional between the ages of 25 and 40 who can get away for about five week, have them contact me, Doug Risser, at DRisser@aol.com or contact a Rotary member.
Thanks for following along with our exploits.
After a full month, now it seems to have gone so fast.
The memories we will cherish the longest will be the people we met along the way, in Arapongas, Astorga, Apucarana, and Londrina.
Many of you know Fernanda, who participated in the exchange from Brazil to Northern Indiana and who also hosted Kirsten in Londrina. Guess she had an accident and injured her foot enough to require surgery. Fernanda, if you read this, know that we are thinking of you!
As Lisa said, we enjoyed our evening and day in Rio de Janeiro. Met up with Roz and her friend, JoAnn, for dinner at one of the street restauratns in Copacabana that Monday night. Tuesday morning we spent some time ont he beach as you can see from Lisa's picture. That afternoon we hired aprivate car and took in Corcovado with the Christ statue that looks over Rio. Hope someone shares their photos.
We purchased our hotel, the Rio Othon Palace, from Sky Auction for about $100 a night and lucked out with rooms on a high floor (27th out of 30) with great views down Copacabana Beach. Fantastic location and great for people watching, especially outside Help Disco late at night.
Next year's GSE program from District 6450 (northern Indiana) will go to Buenos Aires, Argentina. We are looking for team members. If you know a professional between the ages of 25 and 40 who can get away for about five week, have them contact me, Doug Risser, at DRisser@aol.com or contact a Rotary member.
Thanks for following along with our exploits.
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