Hi everyone!!
Sorry it took so long for me to update this but I've been pretty busy!! Christmas, New Years and switching families is a lot. For Christmas I was here in Florence with my first host family and on the 29th took a trip to Rome for 4 days with the family and 2 other American exchange students in Florence (Tristan and Emma) It was amazing, Rome is huge!!!! But truly, it lived up to my expectations and more. On New Years Eve I had the treat of having mass with the Pope! The service was gorgeous, all in Latin but translations in Italian, thats a story for my grandkids :)
It was really nice having my friends there too, the three of us get along pretty well, Tristan is from Michigan, farm boy and Emma is from Long Island, New York, City girl... and well, I'm from everywhere so we blend fine.
On the 4th I switched houses and am loving it! Sooo different from my previous house and even my house in America. It's me and my 19 year old host brother (Francesco) and this dog that looks like a pig. Francesco did an exchange in Texas so his English is perfect and he's just cool to talk to. It's very tranquil, no stress!
I'm starting to be able to look back on this exchange and see a lot of progress! Theres been quite a few speed bumps and also pot holes I've been stuck in but the road seems to be freshly paved right now.
The big update right now though is my dad is being deployed again... In 2 weeks. He just got back less than 2 years ago. I found out while in Rome from my moms Facebook status! That is the worst way to find stuff out. I had a minor freak out, fought with them to let me come home and help the little girls out but they said the best thing to do is to stay. It makes me sad that Andrew, me and now also my dad won't be present for 6 months.... What mom says goes though. I will finish my exchange. My best friend, Sami Vanderburgh went back from France yesterday, I support her decision 100%! She tried a lot of methods to make it work but in the end, she would be happier back at home.
Enjoy the pictures!
Sorry it took so long for me to update this but I've been pretty busy!! Christmas, New Years and switching families is a lot. For Christmas I was here in Florence with my first host family and on the 29th took a trip to Rome for 4 days with the family and 2 other American exchange students in Florence (Tristan and Emma) It was amazing, Rome is huge!!!! But truly, it lived up to my expectations and more. On New Years Eve I had the treat of having mass with the Pope! The service was gorgeous, all in Latin but translations in Italian, thats a story for my grandkids :)
It was really nice having my friends there too, the three of us get along pretty well, Tristan is from Michigan, farm boy and Emma is from Long Island, New York, City girl... and well, I'm from everywhere so we blend fine.
On the 4th I switched houses and am loving it! Sooo different from my previous house and even my house in America. It's me and my 19 year old host brother (Francesco) and this dog that looks like a pig. Francesco did an exchange in Texas so his English is perfect and he's just cool to talk to. It's very tranquil, no stress!
I'm starting to be able to look back on this exchange and see a lot of progress! Theres been quite a few speed bumps and also pot holes I've been stuck in but the road seems to be freshly paved right now.
The big update right now though is my dad is being deployed again... In 2 weeks. He just got back less than 2 years ago. I found out while in Rome from my moms Facebook status! That is the worst way to find stuff out. I had a minor freak out, fought with them to let me come home and help the little girls out but they said the best thing to do is to stay. It makes me sad that Andrew, me and now also my dad won't be present for 6 months.... What mom says goes though. I will finish my exchange. My best friend, Sami Vanderburgh went back from France yesterday, I support her decision 100%! She tried a lot of methods to make it work but in the end, she would be happier back at home.
Enjoy the pictures!
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