Thursday September 23rd, 2010The team of PAKEA BIZKAIA was received by the Mayor of Stavanger, Leif Johan Sevland in the Norwegian city hall. He thanked the visit and sent them his best wishes for future voyages, and for the PAKEA project.
Unai, as skipper of the sailboat, has delivered a letter of friendship from the Mayor of Bilbao, Iñaki Azkuna, thus strengthening the existing good relations between the two maritime cities.
Other acts that have taken place in Stavanger has been planting a tree in a city park with a family member Kielland Somme. With this tribute try to recall the family history that links them to Bilbao, from the early twentieth century, with the appointment of the first Consul General of Norway in Bilbao, Johannes Kielland Somme, after independence from Sweden in 1905.
A day earlier, also had a met with the City of Stavanger office of the department of culture, thus having a chance to explain the educational project and pass the benefits of Bizkaia as a potential tourist destination.
The treatment and care received throughout the city, and specifically for municipal offices, has been extraordinary in every aspect, hoping to pay back the gratitude in Bizkaia.