In Stuttgart, our hosts Eugen & Sabine (regular visitors to Cape Town and Timour Hall Villa), assisted us in securing reasonably priced accommodation where no IPA houses were located. They also took us to stay in the Bavarian Alps for 4 days at the beginning of our trip and it was here that we got to visit Konigssee Lake and Hitler’s Eagles Nest. Back in Stuttgart, we were able to attend the official opening of the 164th Canstatt Volksfest – the 2nd largest and oldest beerfest in the world behind the Munich Oktoberfest, which was an awesome experience.
We visited the Rhine Falls in Switzerland and spent a further 2 days in Switzerland being hosted by another friend before returning to Germany to collect our car and begin our epic “trek” of some 2000 km’s through Germany. From Stuttgart, we headed to the small, beautifully historic, town of Ober Walluf where we were to spend 4 days in the IPA house. The Region is Rhinegau and they are very near to Rudesheim, from where you can catch a Rhine tour boat or visit the Germania Monument on the mountain. It is also home to the famous Drosselgasse – a street which dates back to the 1400’s!!
The IPA house is more than 600 years old and was originally the Rathaus of the town. It was such a wonderful experience and we cannot thank our IPA friends in that Region enough for all their help and for the delightful (and comfortably furnished) accommodation.
1. In order to support professional education and to complement advanced training, ten ‘Arthur Troop Scholarships’ may be awarded annually by the PEB, preferably including at least one from each continent.
2. Each Scholarship shall consist of a bursary of not more than 3,000 Swiss Francs that is to be used for a seminar at the International Conference Centre ‘IBZ Schloss Gimborn’, or comparable institution, and shall include travel expenses.
3. The study Scholarship shall be awarded to IPA members in police service, but is predominantly targeted at the younger, lower ranking member , who is not generally in the position to avail police service funded courses. The member must submit a completed application, together with a supporting document giving reasons why IPA should grant the Scholarship:
(a) The application must be processed through their National Section, who shall forward it to the International Secretary General (IAC).
(b) The National Section shall submit a supporting statement with the application.
4. The applicant must have been a member of the IPA for a least one year.
5. The Scholarship must be taken between the 1st January and the 31st December, of the year following the grant of the Scholarship. The IPC Chairman will submit up to ten (10) suggestions to the PEB. Extensions will only be granted under exceptional circumstances.”
Application Deadline 30September2010
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