Thursday, our last day in Bremerhaven, is also the day we make our first presentation to a Rotary club. The Rotary Club of Bremerhaven – Nordsee meets at the Atlantic Sail City Hotel. The edifice is shaped almost like a modern sailing ship. First, we all are shown to the observation deck at the top of this tall building. We enjoyed impressive views for a while, then adjourn to prepare for the Rotary meeting.
The club provides to us a projector, but no laptop. In Germany the projector is called a ‘beamer’. Many Germans do not know what we call a ‘beamer’ or ‘beemer’ at home. Fortunately, Angie has brought her laptop upstairs and starts to set up with Katie. Then they realize that we need a converter with adaptor and Stephen has to go back to the car to retrieve his. We are finally ready!
GSE Team Ready to Present at RC of Bremerhaven-Nordsee
Bell of the RC of Bremerhaven-Nordsee
Rotary meetings in Germany are conducted differently than in Virginia. There is no pledge of allegiance, no invocation and no happy dollars. This Rotary club is an all male club. Today they have invited spouses, so there is a good mix of men and women. We are given plenty of time to make our presentation ‘auf Deutsch’ (in German). Stephen is very proud of his team. The presentation goes well. Our hosts are very gracious and applaud each of our efforts. The German language has many long and hard to pronounce words. The audience has many questions at the end.
After the meeting it is time to say ‘auf wiedersehen’ and ‘tschuss’. The goodbyes are emotional, as we all will miss our new friends. They have been so generous and warm to us! Vielen Dank! But now, we are traveling to Wilhelmshaven and meeting our new host families and more new friends!
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