Test presentation at Southport Links Rotary Club

Well last night we gave our presentation its first public airing! It seemed to go quite smoothly with the exception of the odd slide being in the wrong place and one or two other bits and pieces. We received some really nice feedback and some good constructive feedback also. We also received some club benners that will be taken with us to Brazil and given to clubs in dist 4720. Thank you to Southport links for being so nice to us and setting the ball rolling for the team. We will spend the next eight weeks improving our Portuguese and practicing our lines ! Muito Obrigado....

Get shopping!!!!!

The time has come to hit the sales and get fitted out for our uniforms. Being organised i have already got mine ( yawn yawn !!) So i endured a days shopping with four ladies, surely i must be the perfect husband!  Fortunately the girls knew what they wanted but it didnt stop them returning to the first shop we went to and buying the first item they tried on having walked all around Liverpool !!  Actually it was a nice day and we spent the morning putting the finishing touches to our presentation at the Marina bar where we appear to have become regulars ! ( nice coffee! ). Its not long to go now and our language teachers seem pleased with our progress. We have most of our presentation translated now and just need to practice practice practice !!

Time is passing so quickly and we should hear from the organiser about our travel plans any day now so we are officially excited!!

Ola From Bem Brazil !!!!

Ola!
Saturday saw the team on a fact finding mission. It is an important part of the preparation to meet and sample some of the culture of the country we will be visiting and so off we went to Bem Brazil in Liverpool. After a visit to the salad bar our waiter adorned us with various meats from the grill. It was wonderful ( poor Ursy is a veggie !!)  It was equally important for us to sample cocktails! A good evening was had by all and as team leader i bowed out early and left the girls to get the last train home !!
We are all getting along fine and the Portuguese lessons are a challenge. Marina and Manuela, our teachers, are lovely and our weekly lesson is great fun.  Time is getting on now and all the documentation is due at RI headquarters! our flights will be booked really soon, time to get really excited.

A day wandering around Liverpool !

Today we spent the day wandering around Liverpool. It was a good opportunity to take some photos drink coffee, chat and get to know each other a bit more. We had lunch at the Albert
dock and had a nice relaxing day. Language lessons start on wednesday so time to start switching on and preparing starts in earnest !!

GSE team 2012  Live on stage at the Cavern Club Liverpool !!

work on the presentation starts in between some rather nice coffee at Liverpool marina!

From left to right   Kelly Roberts, Liz Carridge, Ursy Watson, Kat Miles and Team leader Steve Martin

GSE team hard at work

Welcome to our Blog spot!  None of us have blogged before  so this is all pretty new. In March of this year the team was selected and we have been working hard since then to get to know each other and start preparations for our trip. The team will leave for Brazil on 18th March 2012 and will be hosted by Rotary district 4720. The area we will visit will be The Amazon. We are all excited about the adventures that lie ahead. In the meantime much work is to be done. Drop in from time to time and see how we are getting on. Whilst we are away we will try to blog as often as we can.

Steve Martin, Team leader