Day 7: Supreme Court of Justice - Friday 15/4

Today we left Durham and went for capital of North Carolina.... Raleigh.

It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and we were al in suits. Saying goodbye to our previous host families felt already hard, but new adventures lay ahead of us.

In the morning we visited the NC State capitol and the local museum of history.

After a quick lunch and a lecture of Dr Irma McClaurin from Shaw University (it’s a private college for black persons only), we got a really interesting guided tour of the North Carolina Supreme Court of Justice. Our guide was nobody less than Associate justice Robin E. Hudson and we even had a chance to meet the Chief Justice Sarah Parker. As you can see, the women were very well represented. We learned a lot about how the law is practiced in NC and a 45min tour became a 2 hour tour, because we had to many questions. Lucky for us, the judge didn’t mind because they were right on the money...

At 5pm we met our new host and mine are a bit on the old side. I’m not kidding. Charlie Seay is 86 years old and flew about 70 missions in the Pacific during WOII (HE IS A TRUE HERO) and his wife Mary is 81. But I must say that they are still going strong and they do a perfect job in hosting me. Although Charlie bought a new car to drive me around town, I’m scared as hell when we have to drive. 86 and driving is not a good combination. He doesn’t see that good anymore you know :-)

Nick