Message from Rotary Riddarfjärden Charter member pin ceremoni performed by Ella Horton and Jan König:
Hi Geoff and Ray,
Hope this email finds you well.
We will have our Charter Presentation Meeting (and party) on 26th of April.
We hope to be able to set up a GoToMeeting so that you can participate live late Saturday or early Sunday your time but we haven't decided time and place etc yet so we will be back on this.
Yesterday we had our monthly physical meeting and we were extremely happy to have your member Ella Horton and her partner Elliot with us.
As the Charter Festivities are late April we decided that we should have the Charter Member Pin ceremony last night.
You should be proud of Ella, who as a representative from our sponsor club (you :-) together with me as charter president put the pins on 18 of our 24 happy members. So one part of the charter presentation was done with your club present in Stockholm.
I attach one photo of me an Ella from the event.
Kind regards,
Jan
Hej from Sweden!
Elliot
and I went along to a meeting with the Rotary Club of Stockholm on
Tuesday and had a wonderful time. It was held at the Grand Hotel, which
is a beautiful building located on the waterfront in the city. The
meeting was at lunchtime, and we ate in the 'Spegelsalen' or 'Mirror
Hall'. As you can see from the pictures, the room was magnificent and
was where Nobel banquets were hosted in the early 1900's. We were lucky
to be there for the presentation of a youth-coach award, which was given
to a young magician for his work in local hospitals. The club was very
welcoming and very interested in what we do back in Australia!!
Hej hej!!!
Just a quick
note to let everyone know that I have arrived in Stockholm and have settled in
to my cosy little apartment in Södermalm. I have recently learnt that this is
the trendy part of town, and is referred to as 'Sofo' as it is similar to the
Soho area of London! I am going to do my best to look the part...but I'll
likely be too busy with studying!
I will be
taking two courses at the Karolinska Institute while I am here - the first one
begins on Thursday and the second begins in late January. These are part of my
Masters of Public Health, which I am studying at Griffith University on the
Gold Coast.< [> My interest in Sweden stemmed from my experience as a
Rotary exchange student in 2008, when I lived with three wonderful families on
the west coast. I learnt to speak Swedish quite well, and was captured by the
environment, culture and people.
With my
current academic interest in health, Sweden was the perfect choice for a
semester abroad. Sweden's population is among the healthiest in the world, and
their welfare and health system is one that I am intrigued by and keen to
study. They also represent progressive thinking and have an intrinsic concern
for the environment, which both inspire and challenge me!
There are a
number of Rotary clubs in Stockholm - and I have made contact with two of them.
I will join them at their meetings over the next few weeks, and look forward to
making new friends and sharing the E-Club with them! One club even has an
exchange student coming from Australia, who I am eager to meet. I understand
how overwhelming it can be in the beginning, and hope to offer my friendship
and support.
I look
forward to sharing my stories with you all when I am back online - and in the
meantime I may be able to get some photos up here to give you a glimpse of Stockholm!
Merry
Christmas and a God Jul to everyone!
Ella