Today we started our GSE programme, we were collected from our hotel and given a guided walking tour of the beautiful town of Kalmar. Kalmar is a 16th century town, where cottage style houses line the cobbled stone streets. We visited the town cathedral and were treated to a the mammoth organ being played especially for us by their 80 year old organist.
After a brisk walk through the town centre and over parkland we made our way to the local hotel for a lunch Rotary meeting where we gave our 1st presentation to the Rotary Club of Nyckel. After a very warm welcome and the exchanging of banners we were relieved to deliver our presentation without a hitch. (from all accounts it appears to have gone quite well!)
We were then taken to the Kalmar newspaper 'The Barometer' where we were interviewed by the political correspondent about our visit to Kalmar, our individual professions and the GSE programme.
We have now all arrived at our prospective hosts for the next 4 nights. The house we (Jackie and Christie) are in is very quaint, straight out of a fairy tale book, just beautiful. Our hosts are very welcoming and have made us feel at home immediately.
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It is great to have your regular updates and a running commentary of what you are doing each day, it sounds very exciting. Margaret Hall
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