You are cordially invited to the Auckland Goethe Society Inc. Annual General Meeting. Following the AGM, author Rebecca Salentin will read from her book "Klub Drushba."

AGM: 6:30pm

Reading: 8pm

Summary of Klub Drushba:

She gasps at every step, breaks into a sweat at the slightest exertion and is overtaken by pensioners while cycling. She is afraid of spiders, dogs, thunderstorms, deep lakes, steep heights and she is night blind. She also hates mountains. Only cola and cactus ice cream can soothe her on the ascent.

Nevertheless, one day Rebecca Maria Salentin simply sets off, packed with a backpack, tent and stove, to walk 2,700 kilometers. On the EB International Mountain Hiking Trail from Eisenach to Budapest (also: "Path of Friendship'') she reclaimed the ground under her feet after losing almost everything the year before. What remained: her friends. Together they form the "Druzhba Club." Because "druzhba" means friendship.