Official GV Opening

Sunday 21 Jun 7.30pm

Just came back from the day's programme. We first started by watching an inspirational video created by Mary Frances and Greg (the IT guy who helped set up my Internet connection). Its intention is to inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Following that was the opening address by Dick Brandt who spoke about the different country representatives, the GV curriculum and GV staff members.








We then played a game where each of us had to say something interesting about ourselves. One particularly memorable introduction was this Spanish guy who shocked everyone by saying that he's a porn star only to announce shortly later that he was just joking. Haha..... That really left a memorable impression on all of us.

And here's me with my room mate, Antonio:

After that we were taken for a campus tour. Lehigh Uni has its own police stationed on campus.

Along the way, I made friends with Sara, another Spaniard who's in my assigned group. As with many Westerners, she's warm and friendly.

After a long campus tour, it was 4pm and we were all so hungry....... After lunch, we played the last game which almost resembled speed dating where we each had 3 mins to talk to people and move on to the next person in the circle. Here's the final picture for the day. The Austrian girl on the left of the pic is Anastasia who is also in my group. She looks like a barbie doll in real life.