Visit Finland Thanks to Rotary

If only I had had a blog when I visited Nepal and West Bengal in 2004 on a Group Study Exchange trip sponsored by the Rotary Foundation.

I hope that Rotary District 7470 sends bloggers to Finland in 2010. What an opportunity would go to waste otherwise, now that Finland has declared universal broadband access a right.

To be eligible you must be between 25 and 40 years old, a full-time professional, either living or working in one of the following New Jersey counties:

• Morris
• Essex
• Warren
• Sussex

(If you're not from those counties, check with your local Rotary club. Many districts participate in the Group Study Exchange program. You could find yourself visiting some other foreign country for an entire month, staying in the homes of Rotary Club members and seeing your host country from the inside out.)

The team going to Finland will go from March 21 to April 21, 2010. You need to get your application in by November 30, so email fgeraghty@verizon.net now.