Today I started with mass at St. Mary Major Basilica and then headed south to the ruins of Ostia on the coast. On my return trip I visited the old Roman Forum ruins before going home. Click here to see pictures from the day.
Trip to Europe: Day 8
Category: Deaf
People and activities in the Cambodian deaf world
Trip to Europe: Day 7
Today I was able to look forward to a week in the same place. In the morning I worked at Maryknoll in Rome and in the afternoon I went to get a phone card and bus pass and then visited St. Mary Major. Click here to see photos from the day.
Trip to Europe: Day 6
Today was another travel day, this time from Milan to Rome in Italy. Click here for a few photos from the day.
Trip to Europe: Day 5
This was my only full day in Milan and it was busy. Click here to see where I went and the people I met.
Trip to Europe: Day 4
Today I traveled from London to Milan, starting off in the home of Vichet and Justin in High Wycombe and finishing the day at the PIME center in Milan. Click here for details of the travel.
Trip to Europe: Day 3
Today was spent in London visiting friends and looking around. Click here to see where I went.
Trip to Europe: Day 2
[I’m sorry for the hiatus in updating this website. I have been on the road in London and in Milan, and didn’t have access to the internet. Now I have arrived at the Maryknoll house in Rome and will be able to do the updating every day–I hope.]
Monday, 18 June, I flew from Myanmar to the United Arab Emirates to the UK and met Justin Smith, my colleague from Cambodia who now lives in London. I went to his house where I will stay for two nights with his family. Click here to see my British arrival.
Europe Trip: Day 1
Today is the beginning of a two-week trip to a conference in Rome for Catholic deaf youth. I’m starting off with a side trip to the UK to visit some deaf friends there. Click here to catch the beginnings.
Good on ya, Colin! #2
Colin Allen in 2001-2002 was an advisor for the Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme in Phnom Penh. Now he is president of the World Federation of the Deaf and president of the International Disability Association. Here he is with Ms. A. Muhammed, the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations.
Good on ya, Colin!
Colin Allen is the president of the World Federation of the Deaf which represents deaf people to the United Nations. He is a real organizational genius, just the type of advocate leader the deaf community needs–and he was just recognized for his abilities by made a member of the Order of Australia in the most recent Queen’s List.
Coincidentally the guard at our Maryknoll office in Phnom Penh showed up wearing an old Colin Allen shirt! Maybe fifteen years ago we made up some shirts for a birthday party for Colin when he worked at the Deaf Development Programme here–before he got to the big leagues. I doubt the appearance of the shirt at this time was intentional–I have no idea how the guard got it and I’m sure he has no idea who Colin is–but it was a fortuitous alignment of events!