Hello to all! I have
been in Germany on my exchange now since July 31st. I was a little
tired at first from jet leg and stuff but now i am awesome. My
first host family picked me up at the airport, and then we went to
our home about 40 minutes away. It was so different here compared to
florida. There are trees everywhere...flowers everywhere...and it is
a very wet atmosphere. The town which i live in is called Dorsten.
It is such a cool town...everyone here says it is boring...but i
definatley don't think so. My school started on the 6th of August.
TI was definatley nerve racking going into a new country where i
didnt speak the language and now going to school....craziness! The
people are very nice at my school. They showed me to all of my
classes and waited for me to go to the next.
Coming home on the
first day of school i got lost. I was taking a picture on my bike
and i passed the road. I went for awhile untili realized that i had
never seen the building before....so i went down a few other streets
hoping i would find my way home...and i didnt so i backtracked and
foud a familiar building and then i finally found my way home. I was
lost for about 30 minutes or so. For some reason i knew that would
happen.
My first host family
is wonderful. I have two host syblings....and boy (Florian- 12) and
a girl (Patricia-8). They are great to hang out with and play games.
Everyday my host sister asks me to play the card game rummy with
her. I think it is pretty funny. My host parents are wonderful as
well host mom (Bettina) and my host father (Andreas). They are very
funny and they are very welcoming.
My host brother goes
to a boarding school about 30 minutes away. He comes home on the
weekends and then he has to go back to school on sunday evening. My
host sister goes to school very close to my house. My host father is
a dentist so he is at work until 1 and then he comes home and we all
have dinner and then he goes back to work. And my host mother is a
stay at home mom.
Last week i spoke at
my first Rotary meeting here in Dorsten. I spoke in german too! I
was definatley nervous but afterwards i was more relaxed. I didnt do
so good but it was okay. I was practincing before and my YEO Mr.
Illerhaus was laughing at me. But that is just the way he
is...always laughing.
So far everything has
been wonderful. I have my own room and bathroom....my host parents
let me borrow and extra bike that they have so i ride it to school
everyday...to and from.
My host family is
perfect for me.
I will be writing more
reports and sending lots of pictures soon.
Thanks Rotary for
making this possible!
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