Rotary Youth Exchange

Elinor Bell and Ella Proll

Robb Waugus introduced Elinor Bell who will be our Rotary Youth Exchange Outbound student for the 2012-2013 academic year. Elinor hopes to go to Hungary.

Raphaela Maria Pröll is 17 years old and is from Germany. Germany has a population of about 81,752 million people, is comprised of 16 states each with its own constitution and its capital is Berlin. Christian Wulf is the President and Angela Merkel is its Chancellor. Some points of interest include: Deutscher Reichstag and the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin. Germany’s climate is mostly temperate but varies between its mountain and beach areas. Bavaria is a state in Germany and its capital is Munich. Traditional Bavarian clothing includes lederhosen and dirndls. The traditional festival of Munich is Oktoberfest – a 16-18 day beer festival held from late September to the first weekend in October. Traditional food consists of roast pork and dumplings, yeast dumplings and sulz. Albert Einstein, Johann Sebastian Bach, Audi, Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagens come from Germany. You can drive at the age of 18 and drink at the age of 16. Ella is from Friedberg which has a population of about 28,000 people and is 30 minutes from Frankfurt. Friedberg is in the state of Hesse. Ella went to a private girl’s school with 800 students. Her father is in the insurance business and her mother is a realtor. She also has a cat named Pfote. Ella enjoys golf, sailing, scuba diving and traveling. She hopes to go to the university to study medicine.