Lauren wrote the following at the end of January when we attended a GSE training seminar. Now that the blog is up and running...here it is:
Friendly's...
Yes - as in the restaurant where we stopped for dinner in Mt. Kisco, NY and provided entertainment for the locals and also a descriptor for all of the wonderful folks we met at our Group Study Exchange (GSE) orientation in Boxborough, MA.
The session was invaluable for so many reasons:
1). If our team can have that much fun on an 8 hour roadtrip in a minivan to a (hotel, motel) Holiday Inn in Boxborough, I can just imagine how AWESOME our trip to Greece will be!
2). We all have a much better sense of what to expect and how to prepare now to get the most out of the experience. Note to self: read up on Greek customs, history, gender roles, views of Americans...and put together a list of questions inquiring minds would want to know about the birthplace of democracy.
3). I have a much better understanding of Rotary. Wow - there's a lot going on, from efforts to eradicate polio to strategies to distribute shelter boxes to places like Haiti. I even learned how the organization got its name.
Yes - as in the restaurant where we stopped for dinner in Mt. Kisco, NY and provided entertainment for the locals and also a descriptor for all of the wonderful folks we met at our Group Study Exchange (GSE) orientation in Boxborough, MA.
The session was invaluable for so many reasons:
1). If our team can have that much fun on an 8 hour roadtrip in a minivan to a (hotel, motel) Holiday Inn in Boxborough, I can just imagine how AWESOME our trip to Greece will be!
2). We all have a much better sense of what to expect and how to prepare now to get the most out of the experience. Note to self: read up on Greek customs, history, gender roles, views of Americans...and put together a list of questions inquiring minds would want to know about the birthplace of democracy.
3). I have a much better understanding of Rotary. Wow - there's a lot going on, from efforts to eradicate polio to strategies to distribute shelter boxes to places like Haiti. I even learned how the organization got its name.
4). I got the inspiration I needed to start a blog :)
