Your hotel will be in Salem, the State Capital. At the height of the rose-blooming season, you will attend the world famous Grand Floral Parade in Portland, the City of Roses. The Rose Festival began in 1907 and its parade is the second largest all-floral parade in the nation. You may choose to visit and have tastings at several wineries of distinction, including the state's oldest established in 1933. In three days of selected tours you may also experience rose and iris gardens, the World Forestry Center, The Oregon Garden, a micro-brewery, an art gallery, a carousel with hand-carved horses, and the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum where the massive Spruce Goose resides in a soaring gallery filled with over 80 historic aircraft and exhibits. At this location there is also an IMAX Theater and a wine tasting room. Go to: www.SpruceGoose.org and Willamette Valley wine information at www.oregonwine.org

Home hosting is available for four days after the Festival. With your hosts you may visit other areas of the great Pacific Northwest, which is noted for innovations in recycling, clean industries and "green" living. Oregon's people are known for their hospitality, their kind and generous nature.

Click on "Pictures of Oregon" at the left to see some photos of our state.

We welcome you!

The Asia Pacific Festival Schedule of events Download the schedule here

Download the registration form here: Registration Form

Download the ambassador application and agreement here: The ambassador application and agreement

Please return your completed Registration Form, Ambassador Application Form, and full payment to: Maryam Jordan by fax (404-688-6148) or mail (Friendship Force International, 233 Peachtree St., Suite 2250, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA). Registrations are due by April 15, 2009.

Join us for Wine and Roses June 4-8, 2009.

Contact us at: Friendship Force of Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley, PO Box 1703, Albany OR 97321 or write Rita Kirk Powell, the Asia Pacific 2009 Festival CONVENER, at powellfam4@hughes.net

For more information: www.rosefestival.org and www.traveloregon.com (this site has links in Japanese, German and Italian translations).