President Anita, Georgie, Tricia and Elaine received a very warm welcome from our Dutch Friendship Link club, SI Arnhem Oost, and our joint German Friendship Link club, SI Remscheid. The theme of the conference was ‘Empowerment’ and they attended interesting workshops, including one on mentoring. A big ‘thank you’ to SI Arnhem Oost for the invitation to the conference and for looking after Club members so well. Over 500 Soroptimists from 15 countries joined the weekend festivities and a full programme of events commenced with a welcome drinks party in the former Royal Palace. This was followed the next day by a conference with interesting speakers (in English!), afternoon workshops, a fashion show featuring local designers, a cabaret and finished with a walking tour of Leeuwarden. A canal trip on Sunday gave us the opportunity to experience Leeuwarden from the water. Leeuwarden is this year’s