tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35543858506089825422011-04-21T22:03:46.559+03:00Rotary D1430 GSE to D6400Juha Auvinennoreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-11609061302455102282008-05-25T21:38:00.015+03:002008-05-26T11:59:58.016+03:00Greetings from Finland,our visit is over now. Time passed really fast, we couldn´t easily remember all the visits and occasions happened somewhere during the stay. We noticed the fact when following the show of the pictures taken in Canada and in the USA during the stop in Frankfurt Airport.We had a fairwell party in our last evening attending about 30 persons; organisators, host families and Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-33590379257872937162008-05-23T07:40:00.002+03:002008-06-07T21:51:47.584+03:00Donald Atkinson from Livonia Rotary club offered me and Mari an opportunity to go fishing on the Lake Erie. We spent five hours on the lake and catched lots of sheepheads and two walleyes.Thank you Don for taking us to the lake, that was truly one of the highlights of this trip.4 pound walleye 9 pound sheepheadTeemuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153106157771978244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-35332692014128063962008-05-22T00:30:00.004+03:002008-05-22T00:39:25.961+03:00Visiting William D. Ford Technical Center. Cook out at Dave & Lynn Carpentier`s house. Club meeting with RC Dearborn Heights! Teemu after recreation in a huge rec-center.Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-11423211159507885712008-05-21T06:40:00.008+03:002008-05-22T05:10:46.904+03:00 Penny & Lynn Oglesby hosting Jorma and Teemu Meeting with mayor in town of Livonia Another Ford Mustang GT/CS Another presentation at Rotary meeting Greenfield village Detroit Red Wings vs. Dallas Stars, round 3, game 5, result 1-2 Teemuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153106157771978244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-86757851111326465332008-05-21T04:04:00.006+03:002008-05-25T10:09:40.201+03:00Hei!Today I had a change to see Cranbook inside or at least a little part of it. My guide was Mark Coir, director of Cranbook Archives and Cultural Properties. Cranbook is not very well know here. And those who knows, it's mainly because architect Eliel Saarinen. But Cranbook is lot's of more than that. It's one of the Michigan's most beautiful jewelleries. George Booth emploied artisans to Katjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795072769737970818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-66293940824530928242008-05-20T03:53:00.002+03:002008-05-20T04:07:44.124+03:00Hi again!We have now changed the host families, the last time during our visit in here. Team seems to be a little tired for all the information flow and seems to wait for home, the first contact for the work has been taken. Anyway, we have an excellent team, who is doing together in amarvellous way. Our competence is receiving the goals of the GSE-programme; we are making our presentations in a Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-3910477952561804772008-05-19T16:38:00.002+03:002008-05-19T16:50:41.123+03:00Moro Again!This is the end of the week before the last week over here. We are beginning to miss the other team members already! There`s only four days to go. I have stayed with this lovely family (Scott, Kari and Sam Hughes), so thank`s for them.Teemu`s hosts, Ted and June Van Os, also set us a great team evening for yesterday, so thanks guys.I had the best vocational day ever on friday! The day Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-69621368308130691942008-05-18T02:14:00.003+03:002008-05-18T05:15:10.959+03:00Hei taas,We have now stayed with new host families for a couple of days, and again, we have been accepted with the greatest hospitality. The host families have done great job for the successfull programme. Thank You for Your commitment!We have received several succes during this third week here, of which the most important might be the language, we have got the feeling to understand / speak Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-39047672107620691852008-05-15T03:52:00.002+03:002008-05-15T04:24:13.235+03:00Hi folks! We are still enjoying our fulfilled days over here even we are starting to miss home already. Lucky that we are being so busy, that we don`t have too much time to think about things like that. Our days are full of exiting activities. Tomorrow we`ll be changing our host familiest once again, so it`s time to thank our wonderful hosts Mike and Nancy Herr who have made us really feel like Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-23705175106904745672008-05-13T04:51:00.002+03:002008-05-13T05:08:38.678+03:00Hi folks!We are staying at the Adrian area now in Michigan. We came on Sunday from the Niagara Falls (it was 7 hours drive). Adrian seems familiar, for there`s lots of fields and farms as on the area I live in.We had our vocational days today and I got to see Bixley Medical Center, so thanks to Kathy Greenlee and Lisa for giving me a tour in there. These private hospitals are wonderful with all Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-84581328205006768422008-05-13T00:39:00.004+03:002008-05-25T10:15:20.053+03:00Terveisia Adrianista! I had a very good vocational day today. I visited in INAI studio, founded1973 and named after the Japanese word for within a moment of time. It is headed by Dominican sisters, Barbara Chenicek and Rita Schiltz. The name of the studio describes very well how they make interior design. I have never visited in such a calm and classy studio. (I hope I can get some pictures outKatjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795072769737970818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-2475400420116019602008-05-12T03:46:00.002+03:002008-05-12T03:52:35.813+03:00Farewell Canada!Many many thaks for Your hospitality for our GSE Team. Your people are so frienly and kindly!O Canada!Our home and native land!True patriot lovein all thy sons command.With glowing heartswe see thee rise,The True North strong and free!From far and wide,O Canada,we stand on guard for thee.God keep our landglorious and free!O Canada,we stand on guard for thee.O Canada,we stand on Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-39550026496703804662008-05-12T03:39:00.004+03:002008-05-12T03:46:28.667+03:00 Our Team and the Dinner on Saturday evening. Niagara Falls, our dream during the District Conference!Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-53644055688142734692008-05-08T16:51:00.002+03:002008-05-08T17:46:57.877+03:00Hi,Time to me to write some lines on the blog, too. We have now stayed here almost two weeks and are soon going to leave for District Conference in Niagara. Every one of us have been hosted by two families and and we stayed in a cottage close to Point Pelee Natural Park since now. Everyone, host families and those who have taken care of us during the visits in attractions and vocational Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-5249697739827827432008-05-07T16:26:00.005+03:002008-05-07T16:40:31.282+03:00 Virve, Gordon & Mary Lou Drake and the wonderful breakfast with pancakes and homemade maple syrupPointe Pelee At the downtown Windsor is a Rotary peace memorial Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-1867675286907841892008-05-07T15:42:00.003+03:002008-05-07T16:26:13.209+03:00Hello there,Yesterday in vocational day my host Gordan Drake took me to his work, to the University of Windsor. We walked around the campus and visited physics labs. Then we went for coffee with a wonderful man from Hungary, professor Mordechay Schlesinger. We were compering our mother tongues and found out lots of similarities. After that we met professor Angela Sodan from School of Computer Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-13679692683834257052008-05-07T06:11:00.011+03:002008-05-07T06:33:47.218+03:00 Me and Mike at the outdoor shooting range.Police department's shooting qualification, my result 63\64. Preparing a dinner Me and my C7 with 203 in FATS.Teemuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153106157771978244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-42742271767574175782008-05-07T05:26:00.002+03:002008-05-07T06:11:43.323+03:00Hi there,I had my first vocational day today. Me and Jorma visited Major F.A. Tilston VC, Armour and Police Training center. It's a combined training center for Military and Windsor Police department with great facilities. It includes classrooms, equipment storages, drill hall, medical services, both indoor and outdoor shooting range and a large indoor shooting range for semi-munition shooting Teemuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153106157771978244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-64867858940699678362008-05-07T03:17:00.001+03:002008-05-07T03:43:50.311+03:00Hello! I had a great vocational day today, with all the lovely people showing the work they do. In the morning I went to Canadian Mental Care Assosiations one clinic whic belongs to City Centre Health Care of Windsor and had a tour in there. Shannon was very nice to give some of her time to show me around and tell about they do in there. After that I got to enjoy the company of 4 to 5 year olds Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-59575374979611455152008-05-05T04:35:00.003+03:002008-05-25T10:21:34.093+03:00Hei!Perjantaina kiertelimme Windsoria ja kaupungin eri osia. Walkerville syntyi tislaamon ymparille, silla perinteiseen patruunatyyliin tyontekijoille rakennettiin asunnot, kunkin yhteiskunnallisen aseman mukaisesti. Ei liene vaikea arvata, mista Ford City sai nimensa. Henry Ford levitti autoteollisuuden myos Kanadan puolelle. Mutta autoteollisuuden alamaki nakyy myos taalla. Ford Cityssa on Katjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795072769737970818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-36798435126635302572008-05-03T01:32:00.002+03:002008-05-03T02:23:01.450+03:00 Mari, Bev, Gerry, Teemu, Jorma & Katja at the children's safety village, which Rotarians have founded Wind...sor Canadian mountinair Queen Elisabeth II parkVirvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-70106566796700535762008-05-03T01:23:00.001+03:002008-05-03T01:32:17.840+03:00 Home street in Grosse Point Lunch at Z's DAC Rotary meeting GM building Mari is changing countryVirvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-31842881354803153402008-05-03T00:26:00.002+03:002008-05-03T01:23:21.530+03:00 Guardian building in DetroitMari and her host family: Sheri, Johnny and John ConwayThe Windsor wood carving museum Katja with Beverly, Gaylord, Betsy and BenVirvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-1880161105979512412008-05-02T15:43:00.002+03:002008-05-02T16:07:12.978+03:00Hello!We are over to Canada now. You were right, things are a bit different over here. At least they are using km instead of Miles, that`s our first notice.Just as we arrived, we got to take part at the big Multicultural Herb Grey Harmony Award Gala here in Windsor, where we met the Rotary District Governor Jennifer Jones and Financial Minister of the Ontario Province, Sanra Pupatello, and of Virvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-2266795481545329892008-05-01T05:59:00.002+03:002008-05-01T06:11:24.935+03:00Hi folks!Our days here in Detroit area have been filled with excitement and new knowledge of USA and the companies and specialities of this area. We have been able to see some of your oldest industries in car manufacturing and also some of your newest industries of high tecnologies and research (also in the world) in gen technology, which both we have been totally impressed of.And what a Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-88556245778850686322008-05-01T04:41:00.003+03:002008-05-01T05:03:52.527+03:00As Virve wrote, we had Ford-day yesterday. We visited in Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate. The house was a beautiful English style home with stylish furniture. Architect was Albert Kahn. Garden was well desingned look like nature but with swimming pool and rose garden. And every girl would like a playhouse like there! (even adults like us) After that we visited in the first Ford factory. It was a Katjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795072769737970818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-59705125536278066792008-04-30T14:30:00.004+03:002008-04-30T14:42:30.497+03:00Hello thereLike you see it's almost summer here (but not so warm, HURR!!). We have had a great time and we have saw everything ... and I mean that. Yesterday I was driving ;) and we went to Ford's house, saw some very old Fords and we went to Motown. Well now I have hurry up, because another great day is coming!VirveVirvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846447674939146174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-84264970805213953712008-04-29T04:30:00.002+03:002008-04-29T04:39:53.331+03:00Hi homefolks!We all have safely arrived and yesterday evening we transferred to Windsor from Detroit. Us sporty mums and dads started morning with jogging and walking in a sunny park by the Detroit River. The scenery was breathtaking in the sunrise.After that we attended at the World Peace Summit. That had Robert F. Kennedy Junior as a keynote speaker. He made an inspiring speach in how peace andJorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-1953607429859402262008-04-28T22:53:00.002+03:002008-04-28T23:15:38.487+03:00Hi!My first vocational day is over and at the evening we have our first presentation. Teemu was with me during this day and maybe he understand what happens in an architect's head a little better... I saw a beatiful Cranbrook area designed by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. Sadly museum wasn't open but I saw it outside. I also saw whrere Esa Saarinen's General Motors Technical Center situates, Katjahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02795072769737970818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-69584733459622379892008-04-26T09:57:00.002+03:002008-04-29T04:25:31.412+03:00Hi everyone!After an excruciating week it`s finally beginning to be time to head for new adventures. Tomorrow it`s time to go. We already cried a little with my daughter Elli, so it`s done. This week got especially hard for I´ve just finished my Bachelor`s Diploma in Social Management today. Maybe it`s a good time to celebrate a little.I`m looking forward for my vacational days programme and at Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-50294285162249995602008-04-21T20:55:00.002+03:002008-04-21T22:07:49.722+03:00We finally got our tickets today. I was getting little nervous not having them just five days before planned flight to Detroit. Now, while studying the prints of the tickets I´m really starting to get exited . We are flying to United States next saturday, can you believe that!!! There´s still so much to do and especially so much to pack. How can I ever fit everything into my suitcase ?Tomorrow Teemuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153106157771978244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554385850608982542.post-74657661282610510052008-04-20T16:14:00.008+03:002008-04-21T20:03:30.743+03:00Tervetuloa uudelle blogisivullemme!Aivan ensiksi suuret kiitokset ryhmämme ja itseni puolesta Juha Auviselle (RK Iisalmi) hienosta työstä, jonka hän on tehtyt viime viikkojen aikana muokatessaan nämä sivut käyttökelpoiseen muotoon.Kiitämme myös Rotary-organisaation edustajia sekä kaikkia niitä yksityishenkilöitä ja sponsoreita, jotka ovat tehneet tämän matkan mahdolliseksi ja edistäneet sen Jorma Kajanushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07288220894956740946noreply@blogger.com