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Article: TO RUSSIA -AND BACK- WITH LOVE 28 STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS GET A WARM WELCOME IN COLD KALININGRAD DURING A MONTHLONG EXCHANGE VISIT WITH THE CITY'S PEOPLE AND SCHOOLS.(PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- June 14, 1996
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Byline: PHYLLIS SPEIDELL, STAFF WRITER
AS THE AIRPLANE circled Kaliningrad, Russia, Kirsten Aymer peered out the plane window and saw so much ice and snow that she wondered if the pilot had made a wrong turn toward Siberia.
Kirsten, a senior at Churchland High School, was one of 28 students and educators from Portsmouth, Norfolk and Chesapeake who flew to Kaliningrad for a monthlong exchange visit that immersed them in Russian education, culture and lifestyles.
The visit was part of a yearlong project that linked six secondary schools in Hampton Roads with six secondary schools in Kaliningrad. The program was funded by a grant from the U.S. ...