Emily's year in Denmark

Dressed in her red jacket covered in badges and key chains, Emily gave us an introduction to her year in Denmark on a Rotary Exchange. (She had originally been scheduled on an exchange to New Zealand but the island of Zealand in Denmark became her final destination.)  We saw photos of her first exchange family - both their main home and their summer house. Distances in Denmark are much shorter than Canada - the summer home 2 1/2 hours away was considered a long way. 

The view from her Rotary meetings was of the sea and the Swedish coastline so close. We were surprised to learn that the Rotary District she visited was the "largest in the world" because it included Greenland as well! Emily was impressed with Copenhagen - where all the buildings are 5 stories or less and many are painted very colorfully (pictured above). She also visited the Island of Samso where the people are self sufficient in food and energy - they even export power generated from their large wind farms (Picture below). Emily had so many photos to show us that she did not finish her talk and was invited back to show them  some other time.

Emily was introduced by Rob Reid and thanked by George Gould.

Samso Wind Farm