Well, I'm sitting in the Dallas / Fort Worth Airport with Jordan trying to figure out how to pass our 4 hour layover. So far we've eaten lunch (barbeque), looked for free wi-fi (unsuccessful until we found a kiosk to try out this google chromebook), walked through every terminal, and ridden the tram between every terminal 3 times. We still have 1 hour and 45 minutes....It's going to be a long trip.
~Hasta luego!!!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
I Heard From My Host Family!
So...I finally heard from my host family. I'll be staying with the mother of one of the girls coming here from Bolivia. Mari is the daughter's name and she'll be going to Florence while I'm on exchange staying at her house with her mom. Her parents are divorced and I'll just be living with her mom because the rest of her siblings are already out of the house. I'm so excited to finally hear!
It's just going to be a short post tonight. I have a Rotary Club meeting tomorrow, and I still need to finish my presentation for that, and I've barely started it....UH OH!
~¡Nos Vemos!
It's just going to be a short post tonight. I have a Rotary Club meeting tomorrow, and I still need to finish my presentation for that, and I've barely started it....UH OH!
~¡Nos Vemos!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Still Waiting!!
So...I figured it'd be a good idea to keep everyone updated on what I've been doing while waiting for my adventure to start. I have turned in my visa application, and I'm guessing the travel agent at It's Your World Travel! has sent it down to the Bolivian Consulate. Hopefully I get it back in 3 weeks or so, that way I can start my adventure on time, although I don't have a leave date set, just somewhere between the 15th and the 25th. Once I get my visa, I the travel agent at It's Your World Travel! can buy the plane ticket and get me on my way.
I still have not heard from my first host family, but I expect to be hearing soon, definitely before I leave. While waiting on everything to come together, I have kept quite busy. I am trying to cram 3 semester (18 week) classes into less that 8 weeks so I have all of the credits I need to graduate, even if I don't receive any credit for school while in Bolivia. Although I do want a P.E. credit while I am abroad, that way I don't have to take P.E. senior year. Whenever anyone asks me how's my summer going, I always think "what summer?" With the first half of English 11, U.S. History, and Government each, I am kept pretty busy.
But not so busy that I don't visit with friends and family.I have also been taking plenty of pictures to share with everyone I meet in Bolivia. I think I've taken probably 400 photos this summer already. Now I just have to decide which ones of my friends, family and of Oregon I want to print and take with me. Well, I have to get back to school, I have three weeks to finish and take the final exams(EEK!).
~¡Hasta Luego!
I still have not heard from my first host family, but I expect to be hearing soon, definitely before I leave. While waiting on everything to come together, I have kept quite busy. I am trying to cram 3 semester (18 week) classes into less that 8 weeks so I have all of the credits I need to graduate, even if I don't receive any credit for school while in Bolivia. Although I do want a P.E. credit while I am abroad, that way I don't have to take P.E. senior year. Whenever anyone asks me how's my summer going, I always think "what summer?" With the first half of English 11, U.S. History, and Government each, I am kept pretty busy.
But not so busy that I don't visit with friends and family.I have also been taking plenty of pictures to share with everyone I meet in Bolivia. I think I've taken probably 400 photos this summer already. Now I just have to decide which ones of my friends, family and of Oregon I want to print and take with me. Well, I have to get back to school, I have three weeks to finish and take the final exams(EEK!).
~¡Hasta Luego!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
From Oregon, to Sucre, Bolivia
So...I've finally created my blog that Rotary said to start several months ago. This is going to be one of my many ways to keep in touch with everyone, and let you know I haven't completely fallen off the face of the Earth, just down to the southern hemisphere.
I am going to Bolivia for a year long adventure as an exchange student with Rotary International. I'll be going to Sucre, the second capitol of Bolivia. I have already applied for my visa, but that's it. I haven't heard from my host family, and I still don't know anything more than what city and school I'm going to be at while in Bolivia. Apparently I'm going to be attending a German school, where I will not only get to practice my Spanish like in the rest of Bolivia, but I might just learn some German as well. I sure hope I don't get them mixed up...Then what would I be speaking? Germish? or Sperman?
Either way, it's going to be an adventure, and I can't wait for it to begin. I look forward to the new experiences, fun, and friends. Whenever I tell someone that I'm going on exchange for a year, they always ask if I'm nervous, and I've always been able to answer "no, I'm just excited." Well, the next time somebody asks, I might just be able to answer "just a little," now that school has ended, and I have less than 2 months until I leave, it's finally started to hit me, I'm going on exchange HALFWAY around the world, for a WHOLE YEAR! However, I still think "I CANNOT WAIT!"
I am going to Bolivia for a year long adventure as an exchange student with Rotary International. I'll be going to Sucre, the second capitol of Bolivia. I have already applied for my visa, but that's it. I haven't heard from my host family, and I still don't know anything more than what city and school I'm going to be at while in Bolivia. Apparently I'm going to be attending a German school, where I will not only get to practice my Spanish like in the rest of Bolivia, but I might just learn some German as well. I sure hope I don't get them mixed up...Then what would I be speaking? Germish? or Sperman?
Either way, it's going to be an adventure, and I can't wait for it to begin. I look forward to the new experiences, fun, and friends. Whenever I tell someone that I'm going on exchange for a year, they always ask if I'm nervous, and I've always been able to answer "no, I'm just excited." Well, the next time somebody asks, I might just be able to answer "just a little," now that school has ended, and I have less than 2 months until I leave, it's finally started to hit me, I'm going on exchange HALFWAY around the world, for a WHOLE YEAR! However, I still think "I CANNOT WAIT!"
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