Recently returned from his Rotary Youth Exchange year in Varese, Italy, Ezra Krohn filled us in on his adventure.  Ezra provided a very interesting, and somewhat philosophical review of his experience of Italian social customs, food, education and architecture.  He spent a fair amount of time talking about the emotional roller coaster ride that he, like so many other exchange students, experienced as he moved away from home, adjusted to a new language, new school, new friends and new cultural norms, and then adjusted again as he returned home again.  From this writer's perspective, it appears that Ezra has adapted very well.  Since his return, Ezra has become involved with Rotex, a Rotary organization for past exchange students.  Ezra will complete his senior year of high school at the University of Minnesota under the P.S.E.O. program.  Ezra's mom, Anne, and sister, Hanna, were present to hear Ezra speak and Anne took the podium briefly to give us her very eloquent take on how Ezra has changed as a result of the exchange.  Pictured below are Ezra, Hanna and Anne, bracketed by our exchange gurus, Mary Ann Bawden and Sue Ager.  Just one more example of the many ways that Rotary promotes peace and understanding in the world.