Greetings from Prague

Dear IPWSO friends,

 Yesterday we had a very, very busy day at the IPWSO awareness booth and by 6.30pm I was hoarse with talking so much!  We have given away a tremendous amount of materials and the country that has stopped by our booth the most, has been China.  I am always so impressed with Giorgio’s ability to speak so many languages – including Chinese!  The attendees are also impressed and pleased.  I am also incredibly impressed with how he remembers the names of all of the professional delegates – many names that I cannot even pronounce.   On the other hand, I can deal with the medical questions – so we make a good team. 

 Today it was not as frantically busy at the conference, but we had a good, steady flow.  There are over 3,000 endocrinologists at this conference from 91 countries and we now have a doctor from Kenya to agree to be his countries professional delegate today!  A first for Kenya!  Some of the other delegates who have come for information have been from:  South Korea, Bangladesh, Ukraine, Estonia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Liberia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Singapore.  It is a real “high’ for us when someone stops by the booth and is so eager to get our educational materials.  It is wonderful to know how much that simple act can help so many people.  Of course there were also many from European countries and South America.   

We went out to dinner with two really nice parents from the Czech group last night – this is the group to which I have been invited to give three presentations over this weekend. 

We are being most frugal and are staying at a hotel with no windows in our rooms, bars of soap the size of a quarter, and towels that look like dish towels.  J  Actually it is not so bad.  Better than when he housed Pam and me in a convent with no mirrors! 

Janalee