A Week on Land at Chautauqua

Our home away from home

We just finished a fantastic week at the Chautauqua Institute in Chautauqua, NY. What a week! The theme was the 2012 election, and what we as voters need to know. Each morning was a general session in the ampitheater (which seats about 5000 people), and for our week the morning was hosted by Jim Lehrer (co-founder of the PBS Newshour). He had great guests, including a Friday recap with Mark Shields and Michael Gersin. (Watchers of the Newshour will know them).
The rest of the day, we took classes and attended lectures of interest. I signed up for an art class and Zumba - two things I've been wanting to try for a long time. Bill attended a series on the American Constitution. The evenings included concerts, theater, fireworks and just talking on the porch.
We shared a house with four other women, and all of us were brought together by our good friend, Ruthann Prange, who followed a hunch last year by renting a large house in this charming village. We highly recommend that everyone get recharged at Chautauqua for at least one week in the summer. The institute goes on for 9 weeks, and we were in week 2, so there are still opportunites this summer. Go! You'll love it!