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* * The Trip * *
Aerial Fascinations
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Montevideo * !! images !! *
Punta
Del Diablo * *
Marcelo's
Family &
Durazno * |
In
Marcelo's culture the children have the fathers This
bright, sensitive, red haired young man who came to Whitefield
and Wiscasset High School enriched our
family and our community.
Today we are making our 2nd trip to South America to
visit Marcelo, his
wonderful wife Bettina (Mello)
and their two boys, Emiliano (Emiliano Sánchez Mello)
age 9 and Ignacio (Ignacio Sánchez Mello)
age
7- both of Included in our visit for this month of February (summer in the southern hemisphere) is a holiday vacation at a beach house in the small fishing village of Punta Del Diablo on Uruguay's NE coast, close to the border with Brazil. After that, we will make a trip inland to Marcelo's home town to once again spend some time with Marcelo's warm and engaging parents, Honeín and María del Carmen in Durazno. |
In
July of 1979 our family was increased by one when Marcelo Sanchez Canale arrived
from the small town of Duranzo in central Uruguay. The year before we
had made the decision to apply to host an exchange student in the
popular 
Over
the years this organization had provided positive experiences in
international exchanges for many of the communities,
families and schools of this country. This was an wonderfully important decision for us!
One that would affect our future.
last name as their
middle and their mothers last name as their last - Marcelo's father
is Honeín Sánchez and his mother is María del Carmen Canale. Both are
civic leaders and dentists in their home town
of 
whom we will meet for
the first time !
Maine about 10 years ago. We camped on