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Thursday, July 14, 2011
First Post!
So I'm just getting the hang of this blogging thing and considering I leave in just about 6 weeks I would have liked to start earlier but that's okay. For those of you who don't know what I'm about to embark on, here is the basic gist and for those who do know, here's more details.
This January I submitted my application to the American Field Service (AFS) to study abroad on their high school year program. Shortly after I sent my application in I was accepted and a few months later I got the news I was going to Italy! I can't really explain how exciting it was but I don't think much can beat the excitement of opening up email on your phone and the headline in your email says " You've been accepted to AFS-Italy". It was awesome. In May I got my family and city placement. It's a funny story actually because the day I got the information I had to go to drivers ed from right after school to 7. So I got to sit in class for four hours and look at their names. I was so happy to get home and and research my town and in a totally non-creepy way my family as well. I've been placed in Vicenza, Italy which is about 50 minutes from Venice and half-way between Venice and Verona. My family is wonderful. My host parents names are Romeo and Paola and the I have five brothers Giancarlo (20) Giovanni (17) Francesco (14) Giorgio (10) and Lorenzo (5). However Giovanni will be in Germany for the year but I'm sure we will get to know each other a bit. My host-dad speaks English but he told me when I get to Italy in September it will only be Italian, my host-mom doesn't speak English and the two youngest boys don't either. But that's all good because I'm working on my Italian (: My family and I went on a trip for my Grandparents 60th anniversary and we were in Rome for a bit. So my host family said they wanted to come and meet my parents and I so that they would feel good about who I was going to live with. They are really the sweetest people and I couldn't be happier with who I've been placed with, I'm so blessed. It was really a wonderful evening. Romeo, my host dad is in the family business, they make gold watch bands for Swiss watches and Paola is a mom. I'm going to the classical school there so my class course will basically be Greek, Latin, English, Lit, History, and Philosophy. Francesco will be going to the same school so I'll get to ride the bus with him which is really nice. Another cool thing is that Paola graduated from the same school I'll be going to.
I leave the 7th of September and fly from Seattle to New York. In New York I'll have orientation and then we go to Rome on the 9th. After orientation there I will probably take a train to Vicenza and my family will be waiting for me (:
I'm getting more and more excited everyday- also a tad nervous. I'm sure that's normal though. For now I'm thinking about how I will fit a years worth of things into one bag that ways 44 pounds. I can't wait (:
Isabelle
This January I submitted my application to the American Field Service (AFS) to study abroad on their high school year program. Shortly after I sent my application in I was accepted and a few months later I got the news I was going to Italy! I can't really explain how exciting it was but I don't think much can beat the excitement of opening up email on your phone and the headline in your email says " You've been accepted to AFS-Italy". It was awesome. In May I got my family and city placement. It's a funny story actually because the day I got the information I had to go to drivers ed from right after school to 7. So I got to sit in class for four hours and look at their names. I was so happy to get home and and research my town and in a totally non-creepy way my family as well. I've been placed in Vicenza, Italy which is about 50 minutes from Venice and half-way between Venice and Verona. My family is wonderful. My host parents names are Romeo and Paola and the I have five brothers Giancarlo (20) Giovanni (17) Francesco (14) Giorgio (10) and Lorenzo (5). However Giovanni will be in Germany for the year but I'm sure we will get to know each other a bit. My host-dad speaks English but he told me when I get to Italy in September it will only be Italian, my host-mom doesn't speak English and the two youngest boys don't either. But that's all good because I'm working on my Italian (: My family and I went on a trip for my Grandparents 60th anniversary and we were in Rome for a bit. So my host family said they wanted to come and meet my parents and I so that they would feel good about who I was going to live with. They are really the sweetest people and I couldn't be happier with who I've been placed with, I'm so blessed. It was really a wonderful evening. Romeo, my host dad is in the family business, they make gold watch bands for Swiss watches and Paola is a mom. I'm going to the classical school there so my class course will basically be Greek, Latin, English, Lit, History, and Philosophy. Francesco will be going to the same school so I'll get to ride the bus with him which is really nice. Another cool thing is that Paola graduated from the same school I'll be going to.
I leave the 7th of September and fly from Seattle to New York. In New York I'll have orientation and then we go to Rome on the 9th. After orientation there I will probably take a train to Vicenza and my family will be waiting for me (:
I'm getting more and more excited everyday- also a tad nervous. I'm sure that's normal though. For now I'm thinking about how I will fit a years worth of things into one bag that ways 44 pounds. I can't wait (:
Isabelle
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