Friendship Exchange - South African Rotarians in District 5890

When our South African friends, Roger and Brigette, first arrives, Elaine Combs and her husband Paul were their host family for the  3 nights.  Highlights on their tour of Greater Houston included the San Jacinto Battleground and the Battleship Texas.  A tour of the Houston Medical Center and the downtown tunnel system was followed by a tour of the Karbach Brewery.  Service projects which were spotlighted included the Northwest Assistance Ministries and Brookwood Community for adults with disabilities.  A Texas steak was served at the Taste of Texas restaurant. 

 

They transferred to the Brenham Rotary Club and from there toured the Bush Library and the Texas A&M University's Veterinary School of Medicine for Large Animals.   Rotarians Wendy Yates and Becky Bosse handled that portion of it.  They spent three nights in the Brenham/Washington County area.  The only thing I removed, sadly, is the tour of the Blue Bell plan:(

 

Returning to Houston they went to a Houston Astros baseball game. G.V. and Bhuvana will host them the last 3 nights.  Then they head to Galveston for a fishing trip, then we hit the road for their add-on trip to Colorado.  Elaine hosted them in Galveston where they enjoyed bay fishing and a tour of the Strand. 

 

Lindsey Kroll (Houston Rotary Club) and Irene Hickey (University Area Rotary Club) will continue to escort our guests through Fredericksberg, Texas en route to Colorado.    Ed and Robin will be hosting in Lake City, CO for three nights at their lodge.  Irene and Lindsey will also take them to Crested Butte, Colorado Springs (Air Force Academy, Pikes Peak Railroad tour, and Valley of the Gods) and then end the exchange trip in Denver.

 

Rotary Friendship Exchanges are really a great way to travel and make new friends across the globe!