We came to Senno, to Vadim and Ann's house, where they treated us with a wonderful dinner. Or was it a lunch? Anyway, it was wonderful. It was easy to be good guests in a good hosting family. We talked for about two hours, and barely managed to get to the local library by 6pm.
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| We have just come to the library and are welcomed by Lilya, the librarian. |
In the library we had another presentation, for quite a different audience. This time there were no kids, only adults.
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| Our audience in Senno |
Among the audience there were a reporter from the local newspaper and a representative of the local administration responsible for sport and tourism. Later that sport and tourism guy made an interesting presentation about agrotourism in the region.
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| The sport and tourism man from the local administration |
The people in the library were by no means shy about asking questions and even proposing their own topics about life in the US. One of the proposals was quite embarassing, at least for me. A young woman suggested to compare the reasons for the American Independence Day and the celebration of what is called the Independence Day in Belarus. I cautiously reminded the audience that the MMAP project has no political or religious goals and tried to avoid making the comparison. The administration guy nodded readily :).
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