The week after the Marine Ball, I headed to Berlin for a three-day FAWCO board meeting, followed by the Region 5 meeting, with participants from all over Germany as well as the board (with members living in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Germany and the president of the FAWCO Foundation who lives in England). They are an amazing bunch of women and I'm really honored to be working with them and with FAWCO.
Our board meeting was held in the home of the FAWCO president in Berlin. Our meetings last the entire day and, naturally, discussions continue over dinner.
We were invited to attend a performance by Robin Goldsby, a friend of mine who lives in Cologne. She is a piano player and author of many books about music and combines the two in a very entertaining performance in which she reads excerpts from her books and performs her music (for more about Robin go to http://www.goldsby.de/robin/index.php). We were privileged to attend her performance at the Steinway showroom in Berlin.
We had dinner at a traditional German restaurant where I ate crispy pork knuckle (and beer) and also ate at an Australian joint where I had a kangaroo burger! Although the burger was, well, edible - and I'm glad to have tried it - I wouldn't recommend it over a regular beef burger :)
Oh yeah, we had some more beer - this is Germany after all!
After our board meeting we moved into the city center to the Hollywood Media hotel where the Region 5 (Germany and Austria) meeting was held and attended by 32 women spanning the region. Friends from all over Germany attended and it was such a delight to spend time with such a fun group. Although we had many hours of meetings, we had time for a bus tour of Berlin with special stops at the Holocaust Memorial and the Berlin Wall Museum. It is strange to think that it was only in 1989 that the wall was torn down. We also visited the Ronald McDonald house in Berlin which is strongly supported by the AWC of Berlin. My friend Angelika, a native west Berliner married to an American, and the president of the AWC Berlin, was recently honored by the city of Berlin, as one of its 200 most inspiring citizens. I'm privileged to know her.
That eveing we gathered at the Hard Rock in Berlin to celebrate our friendships and have a bit of fun - and yes, a bit more beer :)
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