Thursday July 23
Back in Vienna I miss the group. For three weeks we were together:
25 people from 22 countries: Elisabeth from Austria, Mostafizur from Bangladesh, Magda from Costa Rica, Cecile from Cote d'Ivoire, Anita from Croatia, Osama from Egypt, Thea from Georgia, Muldian from Indonesia, Cheryl from Jamaica, Sarrah from Kenya, Aivija from Latvia, Ramadan from Libya, Jorge from Mexico, Shehu from Nigeria, Nancy from Nigeria, Shaikha from Oman, Mirko from Serbia, Alena from Slovakia, Pateka from South Africa, Yusuf from Sudan, Lucia from Trinidad and Tobago, Linh from Vietnam, Suzanne, Irwin und Stanley, our English language officers from the United States. What an interesting group: 13 ladies and 12 gentlemen, 9 librarians from Africa, 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia, 4 from Middle America and 3 accompanying persons from the United States. At the end we were a family having learned a lot about American libraries, but having also been taught many lessons in tolerance and acceptance of diverse cultural backgrounds. Thank you all for that unique experience!