HE Ambassador Enno Drofenik
and his family and consul general Hofer are greeted by the children of
the CPDC.
Elfi Seitz
Pattaya’s Austrian ex-pats celebrated their country’s National
Day a week late with a party in Jomtien Beach.
The Nov. 5 celebration at the East Tapas Lounge was hosted by Consul
General Rudolf Hofer and featured the first Pattaya appearance by new
Ambassador Enno Drofenik.
Radchada Chomjinda, director of the Human Help Network Thailand, and 10
children from the Child Protection & Development Center welcomed them
with dances.
Hofer said he will try to bring Austrians in Pattaya together more often
together by building an Austrian club.
Drofenik said that he was happy to be in Pattaya and will try to visit
more often.
The Austrians collected almost 10,000 baht to give to the children from
the CPDC for their nearly flawless performance of an Austrian dance.
The Pattaya reception followed Drofenik’s National Day party at
Bangkok’s Intercontinental Hotel in Bangkok eight days earlier.
The ambassador opened the Oct. 25 event with a short speech, pointing
out that many Austrian politicians will visit Thailand soon to reinforce
good relations.
After his speech, two couples clad in white danced the Vienna waltz and
then the ambassador and his wife Juri opened the dance floor with
another waltz with guests joining.
Austrian food and wine from the Gottschuly winery were served. Even
German Ambassador Rolf Schulze was impressed, saying “those Austrians
really know how to celebrate.”
Consul General Rudolf Hofer
welcomes his guests.
After the Austrian dance a
group picture was taken.
