Page 8 - FF USA Exchange Diary September 2016

Date: Saturday 16 July From: Anna Farewell to Seattle

After another lovely breakfast, Bob, Susan and Anna drove to Discovery Park, Seattle’s largest park which is in
the Magnolia neighbourhood. We enjoyed a lovely walk through the forest and particularly liked the huge maple
trees with their gnarled, twisted trunks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_Park_(Seattle)

We then had a long drive to Brian and Judy Thomas’s home in Renton where the Perth Ambassadors enjoyed a
most wonderful BBQ /picnic here with our Seattle hosts. A sumptuous spread was enjoyed by the group, with lots
of chatter and laughter. Bart the Seattle ED thanked us for our visit. Margaret graciously thanked our Seattle hosts
and the FF Club for a memorable and wonderful six full days and more in some cases. The Perth group sang our
FF version of ‘I am Australian’ and entertained the group with a pantomime. There were many, many laughs, and
a few new stars were discovered! The Seattle Club regaled us with some funny sayings from the Pacific
Northwest and USA Slang/Colloquialisms – many of which were known to us Aussies who watch American TV.

The Silent Skit – Spot the new stars!! ED’s cutting the Farewell Cake