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Seattle-Tacoma Friendship Force 10 – 17 July 2016

Date: Monday 11 July From: Daphne Welcome Brunch Seattle City

The day dawned dull and overcast, but this was not going to upset our first day of Exchange in Seattle. As Ron &
I had arrived at our hosts 2 days early we had spent the previous evening helping with the table decorations for
the welcome brunch.

We arrived at the First Methodist Church and began the setting up. It was great to meet all the lovely hosts and
guests from the Seattle club as well as catch up with friends from the Perth club as well as meet Florence from the
Oklahoma FF club.

We feasted on some sumptuous food, then Bart the ED from the Seattle club, welcomed us to their club. This was
followed by a few words from Margaret our ED, then Mark their president also gave us a few words of welcome.

After the brunch we all headed off to the Space Needle to get a sky high view of Seattle and the beautiful
surrounding area. This was followed by a trek to view the most fantastic glass creations by Dale Chihuly at the
Chihuly Garden of Glass. These glass creations were the most beautiful we have ever seen, many being placed
throughout the gardens making them a pleasure to walk through.