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Caroline’s here!

Posted on 2008-08-02 by Jim Vanderveen

Caroline arrived about two hours ago, and we promptly whisked her out of the airport and over to Leatherby’s Creamery. She’s pretty exhausted from the trip, so I think we’ll wait until tomorrow to get some pictures.

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Caroline en route

Posted on 2008-08-01 by Jim Vanderveen

Caroline, our French exchange student this summer, left Paris a little over five hours ago. She should be somewhere over the Atlantic right now. She’s scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC in about three hours. Unfortunately, the final leg of … Continue reading →

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Caroline arrives next week!

Posted on 2008-07-26 by Jim Vanderveen

[Caroline][]’s flight is scheduled to arrive next Friday evening at 19:53, and we’re all pretty excited. It’s almost like Christmas, except it’ll last three weeks! Several people have been asking us about hosting, how we found out about this, etc. … Continue reading →

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2008 exchange student

Posted on 2008-04-29 by Jim Vanderveen

[Claire]: http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/2007/08/31/claires-visit/ [Marseille]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marseille%2C_France [Caroline]: http://carolyn-b.skyrock.com/ [mbaqu]: http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/ [SF advice]: http://sonicchicken.net/blog/wordpress/20070901/sf-tour-ideas/ [Jelly Belly tour]: http://jellybelly.com/Cultures/en-US/NewsEvents/Stores/Jelly+Belly+Visitor+Center+-+Fairfield.htm [Music Circus]: http://www.sacramentomusiccircus.com/ [world clock]: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/personal.html?cities=330,1440,217 “Clock showing times in Marseille, Sacramento, and UTC” We hosted a French foreign exchange student, [Claire][], last summer. It … Continue reading →

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Claire’s visit

Posted on 2007-08-31 by Jim Vanderveen

Several months ago, Barb signed us up to host a French foreign exchange student. We were hoping to have our [remodeling project](http://sonicchicken.net/remodel) finished before that time came, but unfortunately we were still living in a house under construction when Claire … Continue reading →

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