Delegates arrive, share first impressions on Twitter
Sanfilippo Mariano is from Belgium: here it is -- his first photograph taken in Pittsburgh, with a welcoming One Young World sign in the background at the Pittsburgh International Airport:
@oneyoungworld is everywhere!!! @hec_ulg twitter.com/MarSanfilippo/…
— Sanfilippo Mariano (@MarSanfilippo) October 18, 2012
A Returning Ambassador to the One Young World Summit from Comoros, an archipelago island nation in the Indian ocean, off the eastern coast of Africa, had a looong journey:
Finally arrived in Pittsburgh for #OneYoungWorld after more than 20h flying
— TOIMIMOU Ibrahim (@t2mibrahim) October 17, 2012
Delegate Beri Shalmashi is from Iraq. A graduate of Amsterdam School of the Arts, she has an impressive international resume: from Amsterdam and Los Angeles to Cairo and Erbil... On Wednesday night, she shared some of her first impressions of Pittsburgh:
Pittsburgh seems cute. Yet, this cold wind is weeping through its downtown alleys. Like the American dream's fallen asleep. #OYW
— Beri Shalmashi (@BeriShalmashi) October 18, 2012
And Nevin Tosun met with UK Delegates on Wednesday night:
Met UK delegates. They said they are proud to wear the Kurdistan flag#OYW #OYWKurdistan #TwitterKurds twitter.com/nevintosun/sta…
— Nevin Tosun (@nevintosun) October 18, 2012