Category: Chapter Update
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Pictures From the May 2016 Western Canada Meeting in Calgary
Members of the Western Canada Chapter gathered on May 15 for a luncheon in Calgary and were treated to a presentation by guest speaker Jim Thorsell of UNESCO. The TCC members were in awe of Jim’s presentation as he used a laminated map of the 800 protected areas he has directly been attached to, to
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Photos From the April 2016 New York Chapter Gathering
Elzbieta Schrader talked about the animals of Africa at the New York meeting at Pointy Bistro on April 30, reports Coordinator Lynn Simmons. Future programs and locations will be on the TCC website. See photos from the April gathering below.
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Arizona Chapter Enjoys Lively March Meeting With a Presentation About Travel in China
Matt Cohen, Area Coordinator, reports that the chapter had a “lively meeting” at his home on Saturday afternoon, March 26. The Curator of Asian Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, Janet Baker, Ph.D., “gave a fascinating talk with a Power Point presentation about traveling in China,” Matt reports. “She went into depth about their museums,
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Report From the April 2016 United Kingdom Chapter Meeting
Area Coordinator Donna Marsh reports that the TCC United Kingdom chapter met on April 24 at Tuttons Vaults, Covent Garden, London. Besides the UK members, John Barnett attended from Ireland and Sarka Kinclova came from the Czech Republic. The speaker was Gunnar Garfors, author of 198 – How I Ran Out of Countries. Donna says
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18th Annual Meeting of the Chicago-Area TCC Chapter
The 18th annual meeting of the Chicago chapter was held on Saturday, April 9, at the Winnetka, Illinois, home of Area Coordinator Thomas Flanagan and his wife, Ellen. Conversation centered on many aspects of travel, including upcoming plans, the Trans-Siberian routes and Saint Helena.
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Germany TCC Chapter Plans Fall Meeting in Bremen
Area Coordinator J. Herbert Goebels reports — “After the German TCC staged the first five meetings in better known cities like Bonn, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, we will hold our next meeting in seldom-visited Bremen, a port city on the long Weser Estuary.” It will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to
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March 2016 SoCal Program in Newport Beach Featured the Five Stans
At the TCC March luncheon in Newport Beach, San Francisco TCC member Lillie Echevarria gave an AV presentation on the five Stan countries — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan — which she visited during 21 days in the fall of 2014. She also mentioned a possible sixth Stan country— Karakalpakstan, autonomous territory in Uzbekistan.
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An Invitation to the June 2016 SoCal Luncheon in Long Beach
We all love to tell travel stories, especially those with a twist. So we are inviting TCC members to dig through your closets to find that unique piece of apparel from a foreign land and bring it, along with an associated story, to our June 11 luncheon in Long Beach. Because our own personal adventures
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Photos From the June 2016 NorCal Meeting in Berkeley
Margo Bart will give a presentation on Easter Island, Bolivia and Guyana at the June 4 Northern California luncheon at Spenger’s in Berkeley, reports Coordinator Tim Carlson. At the March meeting in South San Francisco, Samer Kawar talked about ancient Persia; Pakistan; Iran; Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan; Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. As an architect, he included his
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Arkansas Chapter Celebrates Random Acts of Kindness at April 2016 Meeting
The spring 2016 meeting of the Arkansas TCC Chapter was held on April 30 at Samantha’s. The topic of discussion was “random acts of kindness extended abroad.” Included were courtesies from four corners of the world, including a village on the Mekong River on the border of Cambodia and Vietnam. Travelers were stuck with a
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