Outbound: Turrialba Costa Rica, Gaylord Bedker. Click to view Turrialba on Google map. When the map is open, click and drag the orange figure at the left over the map to the blue dots to view photos of Turrialba. (If you have an older system the figure may not change to orange immediately)
Outbound:Ireland, Laurie Ann Scott, March 13 - 25
Ireland for St. Pat's Day? Why not?
Cead mile failte! A thousand welcomes! This is something you will see and feel should you go to the Emerald Isle. Consider joining Laurie Ann Scott and others from across the Friendship Force world as they enjoy twelve nights in Ireland next March.
St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated in the small town of Killarney. The parade will feature the expected Bagpipers and Drummers and Irish Dance Squads, but also look for the Water Rescue Squad, the Special Olympics entry, the Fire Department complete with a burning house with loud alarms! You might also see the Daycare Center float, the Hurling Club, the Muckross Rowing Club, and the Biddy Group in Aid of Kerry Parents and Friends Association for Disabled Children. Of course you will be able to retreat to the pub each night enjoying live music and a chance to do your own jig after your cruise on Loch Leane or the day touring the beautiful Dingle Peninsula. If he is still there, we just might spot Fungi, the Dolphin, who has made this bay his home much to the delight of the locals who treasure his presence.
This tour March 13 - 25th will go from Dublin through the Wicklow Mountains to Waterford to Killarney to Galway. Then on to Londonderry and Belfast in Northern Ireland before returning to Dublin. The Friendship Force of the Causeway Coast will entertain the group one day. Many special stops are planned such as the JFK Arboretum, The Cliffs of Moher, the Ulster American Folk Park, and Cobh, the emigrant departure point and last port-of-call of the Titanic. Did I mention there would indeed be a chance to kiss that famous stone upside down and backwards in Blarney? Whenever there is an opportunity we will try to engage local people to talk to our group about life in Ireland and will also have a number of local guides. Of course it is possible to extend in order to have more time in London or see Friendship Force friends in Europe or do more sight-seeing!
If you are interested, please contact Laurie Ann at
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or 402 488 1915. The cost is $1850, which includes almost everything but lunches...and airfare to get there and back!
Inbound: Niagara Falls, Canada (Date to be announced)
International Conference: Hiroshima, Japan 2012
March 15 - 17, 2010 a delegation of Friendship Force members from Lincoln, Wichita, Central Iowa, the Quad Cities and Milwaukee toured Nebraska aboard the magic Friendship Bus. Among the highlights was viewing the Sandhill Crane migration at the Rowe Sanctuary near Keaney, Nebraska. Click here to see a short video of the cranes. To see more photos of the tour, click here.
