We had another splendid breakfast at the Centro Hotel and then drove to the conference center. The keynote speaker, Elisabeth Rehn, former Minister of Defense for Finland, gave an extraordinary presentation on “Women as Peace Builders.” She has visited many of the war torn countries of the world and presented different insights into the plight of women. This stimulated some interesting comments and suggestions from the delegates. After lunch, we played hooky again. We went back into Turku and shopped in a Salvation Army Thrift Shop down the street from our hotel. Then we went on an excursion out to
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