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Foreign Service Family - Vol. 1 is about our life in Thailand during our two-year assignment there.  We are working with a printer and expect that the volume will be ready for circulation in mid-2007.  Here is the table of contents:

 

Contents

 

Introduction                

Reading Rita               

 

Part 1 - Thailand

     On our Way to Bangkok       

     Tokyo                  

     Hong Kong                   

     First Days in Bangkok          

     Nai Rung            

     My Work as Vice Consul      

     Coping with a New language        

     Getting Adjusted                  

     Sights, Sounds and other New Experiences   

     Play School   

     To the Beach at Bang Saen   

     Japanese Baseball Challenge                  

     Play-reading      

     Klongs          

     Solar Eclipse      

     Scrumming in the Rain                 

     People of the Yellow Banana Leaf          

     Economic Reporting and other Duties  

     Rita to Saigon             

     To Angkor Wat  

     Christian’s Arrival      

     SEATO         

     Monsoon Days   

     Loi Katong Celebration           

     Temple of the Golden Mount        

     Rita’s Farewell Klong Trip   

     Headed Home Again            

     Rita and the Boys in Rome  

 

Part 2 - Preparation for Finland

     Our Finnish Language Course               

     Rita and the Boys in Downers Grove     

Appendix

     1 – Trip to the Thai Jungle  

     2 – Learning more about Thailand        

 

          Photos        271   

 






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