Graham Flaspoehler: Exchange Student to Germany
Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program Graham has already spent most of the summer in Germany. His first trip was in May, at the end of the school year. Then, he left for Nuremberg on June 19, 2007, for another month of language study and summer fun. Once he returns home from that trip, to Columbia, SC, at the end of July, he will be in the States for only 2 days, barely long enough to get his clothes washed, repack his bags, and kiss mother Ann good-by. Then, he will head back to Germany for the upcoming school year. Starting with the fall semester, Graham will be staying with the family of Ernst Benary in Hannoversch Münden, a beautiful and historical city in Lower Saxony. Located at the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers, which join to form of the river Weser, and with a history going back over 600 years, Hann. Münden is considered one of the most beautiful small cities in Germany. Hann. Münden - Three River City Here are photos of the Benary family and their home in Hann. Muenden.
Graham's mother, Ann O'Halloran and his sisters Andrea Owsley and Ellen Yingling are EXTREMELY proud of Graham and all of his accomplishments. "He is a wonderful brother and a great uncle to my kids!" says Andrea, the younger of his two sisters. Please keep Graham in your thoughts and send him your prayers for a safe trip. Reported by Ned Flaspoehler
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My nephew, Graham Flaspoehler,
was the number one German student in South Carolina at the end of
the 2007 school year, and was one of
only 350 high school students in the entire US to be selected for a one year
trip to study abroad in Germany, on a foreign exchange program
sponsored jointly by the German Government and the US Congress. Graham is
the son of my brother Steve Flaspoehler and Ann O'Halloran. While in
Germany, Graham will be working on an ambassador project with other
American students. Here is the link to the program:
