GSE Team of Distict 9690

GSE Team of Distict 9690
This blog has been established for the GSE Team of District 9690 (Western Sydney) who are exchanging with Disrict 3470 (Taiwan) in 2011. The team wearing their Sunday best!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Chiayi to Yun-Lin (apples and oranges)

We packed up the very large amount of luggage that we have accumulated over our stay in Chiayi and moved in convoy to Yun-Lin. We arrived at what is to be our accommodation for the next week at Apple's house in Huwei. The boys are in the apartment above Apple's office, and I am two doors up in his home.
We were taken to lunch at a small local restaurant, where we enjoyed beef and noodles.
We had a spare hour before our first Vocational visit, so we were taken to a Rotarians beautiful home for tea and oranges. The snooker and Table tennis tables were given a workout by the boys and the other Rotarians, Australia was well represented..
Yun-Lin County Government was our next point of call, and we had a presentation on the structure of the local government and some of the programmes they are undertaking. There was also a presentation on the Local Fire Fighters, and one on Public Health, all of which were interesting and informative.
Because we had another spare hour, the Golf Driving Range was the chosen option. After some tips from the local pro, the boys managed to make a reasonable showing, with me cheering on from the sidelines and creating the next episode of Australia's Funniest home video.
The final visit for the day was to the Rotary Club for their meeting. We gave our presentation, and it was well received, followed by dinner at a restuarant and home made food from the Presidents wife which was fabulous.

1 comment:

  1. It seems like they are devoting a lot of time to making sure you are kept informed of Taiwanese culture.

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