Thanks a lot & see you in Norway!

We got back from a fantastic four week tour experiencing true Rotarian hospitality and meeting great people! Thanks a lot to you who have organized this trip, hosted us, and made our vocational days relevant and exciting. We had a wonderful time and we highly appreciate all you have shared with us! Thanks a lot!

We travelled back to Norway with 10 suitcases full of souveniers and even more fantastic memories. The beauty of the landscape in West Washington and on Vancouver Island impressed us. Excellent local wines & food accompanied great conversations with interesting people we are proud to call our friends. We saw whales, wulfs and eagles we saw on close hold, hearing about interesting local projects you develop in your communities and were very impressed by the organisations and companies we were visiting on our journey.

We really miss you all and hope to see you soon here in Norway soon! By the way, it is sunny here at around 25 degrees celcius (75F). If it is still raining and cold over there, book your summer holiday in Norway!

A big hug from the Norwegian GSE Team 2010
(Finn, Anette, Eline, Guro & Katharina)

Day 27 & 28 - Goodbye from the host families and travelling

After a long journey we arrived well with all our luggage in Oslo.

Day 26 - Seattle - Experimental Music project

Experience Music Project (EMP) is dedicated to the exploration of creativity and innovation in popular music. By blending interpretative, interactive exhibitions with cutting-edge technology, EMP captures and reflects the essence of rock 'n' roll, its roots in jazz, soul, gospel, country and the blues, as well as rock's influence on hip-hop, punk and other recent genres. The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection, organized by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Forty-six years after the Supremes first topped the record charts on their way to worldwide fame, many of the distinctive gowns that became nearly as famous. The Supremes are the quintessential rags-to-riches story. They rose out of Detroit's housing projects to scale the heights of fame and embodied elegance for an era and beyond. EMP demonstrates the connection between these iconic fashion images with the Supremes' music, their influence on society in a bygone era, and how their style continues to resonate in American culture today.

http://www.empsfm.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1479

Day 26 - Vocational Day & Tacoma

Located at the foot of Mount Rainier and along the shores of Commencement Bay in Washington state. Tacoma is Washington state's third-largest city, with approximately 203,400 residents. Explore this government Web site to find out why Tacoma is known as the City of Destiny.

Tacoma became known as the City of Destiny in 1887 after it was designated as the Northern Pacific Railroad's western terminus in 1873.

Scores of immigrants flocked to our city then; and now as the city undergoes a thriving renaissance, we’re seeing another surge of immigration as residents and investors flock to this great destination.

The city that incorporated in 1884 has grown from its historical roots as a home of sawmills and a bustling port that exported goods around the world.

Day 25 - Seattle

Seattle is the northernmost major city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Washington. The city is named after Chief Seattle, of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. Seattle is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the northwestern United States. The major economic, cultural and educational center in the region. As of April 2009^[update], the city's population was approximately 600,000 within a metropolitan area of about 4 million.

The Space Needle, dating from the Century 21 Exposition (1962), is Seattle's most recognizable landmark, having been featured in the logo of the television show Frasier and the backgrounds of the television series Dark Angel, Grey's Anatomy and iCarly, and films such as It Happened at the World's Fair and Sleepless in Seattle.




Seattle has a reputation for heavy coffee consumption;^[13] coffee companies founded or based in Seattle include Starbucks,^[14] Seattle's Best Coffee,^[15] and Tully's.^[16] There are also many successful independent artisanal espresso roasters and cafes.