Travelogue 2013 – Emma Brownlee

Wednesday/Thursday, July 24/25 (lose a day in flight!) Off to Japan we go! The plane ride wasn't that bad. It ended up being a little over twelve hours instead of the fourteen we had all thought. The airline food was much better than expected and the flight staff was fantastic. The plane itself was a treat, it was sleek and fairly comfortable. There were fancy devices that let us choose from many different movies, games, and music choices to keep us entertained on the journey. The feature I w...
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Still Seeking Host Families

I hope you are all having a good summer. We have a group coming to Bath from our Sister City, Tsugaru (Aomori) from August 7-14.  I am currently looking for Host Families for the 18 students (14 girls and 4 boys) and 6 adults.  I need your help!  I'm still looking for Host Families for most of this group!  Perhaps you know of someone that might be interested in hosting a student?  Could you pass my contact info (email) on to them and have them get in touch with me? Here's more info: ...
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Updated! Annual Meeting Nov. 14th 2012

Note the new location! The annual meeting and election of board members for the Cheseborough Foundation will be held on the evening of Wednesday November 14th 2012 in the Teen Room of the Bath YMCA. The meeting is open to the public, and anyone interested in serving on the board or helping with our program is encouraged to contact our coordinator at cmatthews@rsu1.org.
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Travelogue 2012 – Theodore Seidel

Today we took part in four exciting events.  The first activity was visiting the Izume Hachiman Shrine.  At the shrine, we were taught how to properly give offerings to the god of victory.  The offerings were pine branches with special pieces of origami tied to them.  The ritual was fun to learn, even though I messed up the process!  After some apprentices of the shrine performed a very complicated looking dance.  After the dance, we were invited to try on the traditional priest/priestess outfit...
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Travelogue 2012 – Christopher Paulus

Throughout the trip so far I have had a fantastic and eye opening experience learning about a new culture and lifestyle.  Today, July 27th was probably the greatest experience yet.  I am usually a very grumpy morning person, so fresh-water clam harvesting at 9:30am sounded like a cold, dirty and painful experience.  I felt that way until I began clamming the Shijimi (fresh-water clams) at Lake Jusan Bridge Park.  I was immediately shocked at how much fun I was having.  At first, I only thought c...
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