Day 3: Durham City - monday 11/4

We left for Durham around 9am and the temperature was cool. But by the time we arrived things were heating up. After a tour of Durham in a mine van, we had our first Rotary meeting and our first time to give the quiz. Although it wasn’t a problem, the group felt nervous, but by the reaction we had from the crowed, it was obvious they liked it. or was it because we handed it out chocolate, who’s to say.

the midday we started of with yet an other tour of Durham and a passionate guy told us all about the long gone tobacco industry and what the city was doing for rebuilding its downtown area. The sun was out and with our suites on, we were literally melting... everybody was sweating and with no water, we feared we wouldn’t survive the walk.

If that wasn’t enough, we also went to an old tobacco mill that got turned around in a sparkling arts center. Luckily that didn’t take to long and was inside, were the air-conditioning was more than welcome.

The evening came and after a shower and a quick skype session with my girlfriend, we went for dinner where we met our host families.

Around 9pm we were al with our hosts on our way to find out where we should sleep for next few days....