Hi!!

Well, here is my first report abaut my first 2 months in  Miami. I don't know, how can I start it...

I arrived in Miami on Aug.21. In the airport my host  family and some Rotarian members from the  Hallandale Club met me. Everybody was smiling and  everybody was so nice.

Abaut my family:

i'm so happy with them, and I love them so much. My  mother: Barbara. She has her own graphics business.  Her job is so grest andshe is so cool. My father: John,  has his own business too. I have a sister and a brother.  My brother -Johnny- is 13 years old and he is just like  my real brother -David- in Hungary. And my  "little" sister  Katie, who is 10 years old- I think she will be an actress  or dancer! The grandmother -Ethel- moved a few  weeks ago to Miami, and now lives very near our  house. And of course the host dog: Beauty, who is the  same than my dog -Bruno- in Hungary; and the 2 cats. I love this family. they are so great, so nice and so  helpful, and I'm so happy with them.  The house where we live is so beautiful, and  comfortable, and my room is so cool.

Well, in the beginning it was so difficult. New lenguage,  new people, a different "world" and the new school. The  school.... I go to Hialeah Miami Lakes Hiagh School. It's a very  huge school, more than 3200 student study here (in my  school in Szombathely study 800 student). The building  is huge, so at first I was usually lost. It was hard,  because I didn't know anybody and I didn't understand  anything. But the teachers and kids were very nice and  they did help me, so a few weeks later i found a lot of  friends.

The schoolsystem is very different than in Europre, it  was so strange, but I like it!! I have dance, math, American government, Esol and  Chorus lasses. I sing in the women's chorus after  school, and with my parents in the church choir, too. My family has a boat so we often go to the ocean.  There, the parents go diving, we swim, jump off the  roof, sunbath.. It's really a lot of fun. I went with some friends to the beach- at night. it was  so scarey.

In this 2 months I had a lot of experiences. I was with  my family at a CHER concert- it was so cool!! I like the boat very much. One time, we vent sailing in  the evening. Miami in the evening wih citylights is  beautiful!

And of course the trip and meetings with the Rotary club  and with the exchange studants. The BAhamas was a  great time. I hope -I wish- that before I go home I can go  back there. Kathie's birthday and the Octoberfest were  so nice, and the House of Terror?? I think it's House of  Horror,- well it was so scarey /right, Jelka?? :-)/ But it  was a great fun! Oh, and my first Halloween. I want to celebrate  Halloween back home! It was really funny! Thanks to  Alba&Doug.

The American foods: it's amaizing, but I ate seafood. My  families (here, and in Hungary too) like seafood so  much, but I never tried it before. But here, I'll try and  taste everything. So I ate labster, crab, and another  amaizing: I ate broccoli ( I hate broccoli!!).

So goes my first 2 months an Miami. The times goes  so fast now in my life. I'm so happy, that I can be here,  that I can be an exchange student (Thank you for my  parents!)  I hope, that in the future I can be back!

And I promise, I'll write more reports!
 

Kisses&hugs:
                         DORI