a glance of the most exciting time Floris GRETZMACHER had when he was exchange student in SALEM,Virginia (USA) 1963/1964
about 900 of us went back and forth on MS Seven Seas across the Ocean; 
10 days from Rotterdam to New York
 
here I lived for one year with Dan (ham operator K4NKK)
my familiy at our Thanksgiving Dinner 1964
Floris' 17th birthday and .. Mom is making cake ..
one of the Natural World Wonders
Natural Bridge
could see 1964 the World's Fair in New York
my beloved american family, as they picked me up for one school-year
attending as senior the Andrew Lewis High 
 
the most lovely place along the Blue Ridge Mountains:
Mabrey's Mill
(in former days moonshine was produced there)
a lot of ongoing activities like attending a BSA (boy scouts) meeting; brrr, cold in tent at night
 
Key Club Meeting in Richmond, Virginia
our final AFS meeting at the Washington,DC US Army Armory - see all of us, about 3.800 AFS kids ?

... give me an "A" ... give me an "F" ... give me an "S" ...
... what have you got: " A-F-S " ...
... what does it stand for ? ...
" American Field Service  [yeah !] "