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I just found out that there’s already a website for the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists 2006 Congress in Norway. Of course their theme is “Feed Your Senses.” Wanna bet what that’s going to be like?

I know I just wrote that I was done with IFAJ 2005 posts but I have to do this one. If you want to see the whole event just click on the sidebar (right side) archive category for IFAJ. There will now be 53 posts on AgWired going back to my first one in February! I used about 62 pictures during the course of the event and have many more. I was going to put them in an online album for you but just found out that IFAJ already has one: IFAJ 2005 Photos.

Enjoy and see you in Norway!

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We’re at the end of my posts on the IFAJ Congress 2005. I will actually have a few more items when I get time to work on them but this gives you a final look at a great event. It was a lot of work. Blogging a meeting can be that way! But it was fun and I enjoyed every minute of it.

These final pictures are to show that we didn’t just eat and drink and walk around and attend meetings and presentations. We had time for the even more fun things in life like dancing on the boat or . . .

singing with part of the Quasimojo band (Mike Wilson and Owen Roberts)! Here you have IFAJ president David Markey singing along!!!

I want to say a special thank you to AAEA for the stipend that was offered to me to help with expenses to attend my first (not last) IFAJ Congress. I also have to thank Jerry Harrington, Pioneer Hi-Bred for his sponsorship. It wouldn’t have been possible without them.

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On the IFAJ Dinner Cruise awards were given including IFAJ medallions. These were presented to numerous people who put in a lot of hard work on this event. Some of them are pictured here below the balcony which was lined with people. I don’t have all the names and why’s and wherefore’s though.

Here’s what the medallion looks like.

By the time the awards were given there had been quite a bit of toasting and celebrating going on. I think Adrian Krebs and Hans Mueller and David Markey were starting to relax and unwind a little bit!!

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The last event of the IFAJ Congress was a Lake Thun dinner cruise. The “Berner Oberland” is a beautiful boat and we had a wonderful evening. As we got on the boat we were greeted with gifts (Swiss watches) and some kind of a fruity concoction that I didn’t get a name for. It was kind of like a strawberry/fruit juice with a sparkling wine in it.

Our onboard entertainment was a New Orleans Jazz Band. Talk about surrealistic when all the news we’d been seeing was on the tragedy in New Orleans! They were good though.

The boat had 3 levels counting the top, open area where we were able to get spectacular views of the mountains and the sunset.

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