Graduation, which consists of a ceremony, a reception and a party, is the last official function. AIPES holds its graduation ceremony in the Karolinum, the great hall of Charles University, which dates from the 14th century.
Ivo Sanader, the prime minister of Croatia, was the graduation speaker. AIPES always has had a head of state as graduation speaker, which speaks to the respect the program has in Eastern and Central Europe.
The reception was an opportunity to enjoy some fine Czech food and to take some last photos of our friends (no longer just students), a few of whom you see here, such as Harry from the United States; Harry was the student graduation speaker.
Eliza and Alex from Romania.
Dias from Kazakhstan, who is in the Kazakh army and attends West Point.
Ivo from Croatia.
Natasha and Marija from Macedonia and Maria from Estonia.
Fred from Albania. Fred is a lawyer and works in the U.S. Embassy in Tirana.
Tomorrow we'll post some random photos from our travels that didn't make it into the basic blog.
Peter from Slovakia, Wendy, and Pavel from the Czech Republic.
Tomorrow we'll post some random photos from our travels that didn't make it into the basic blog.
Love the pics and the commentary was especially lively.
ReplyDeleteWelcome home! Did you get the recipe for pork knuckle? Scott is anxious to know :)))
So, tell me ... were any of the people you met *not* good-looking ... or did you just not take pictures of them??? :-)
ReplyDeleteWelcome home!!