June 2008 Archives

So here is the plan:


2 o'clock PM on the 3rd of September arrive in NYC for orentation
6 o'clock PM on the 4th of September leave NYC for ZURICH SWITZERLAND
8:20 AM on the 5th of September land in Zurich
12:30 PM on the 5th of September leave Zurich for ROME ITALY
2:30 PM on the 5th of September LAND IN ROME ITALY

So that is my travel plan for a full 20 hours, yes 20 hours, of nonstop traveling. We are all going to be walking zombies lol. I am so excited for the plane ride!! There are going to be 70 exchangers all going to Italy on ONE plane thats an overnight flight....Read more

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Italy.

I leave on the 29th, today's the 5th, that means only 24 days until I leave on a plane for New York. At the airport I will be meeting up with all the other people in the Ghana team mission. We will have an orientation together in New York and then from there it is a direct flight to Accra, Ghana! That reminds me, I need to find a Twi to English dictionary! Read more.

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Ghana.

AFS offers year programs to Iceland

I have learned that I am a city girl at heart. Or maybe I'm just a Palermo girl. I've never lived in the city before so I'm not sure if it's all cities that I love or just this one, but it's for sure that I'm in love. There are 10 of us here in Palermo with AFS and they are definitely some of my best friends here! I love my German, Danish, Norweign, Latvian, Finnish, Austrian and Austrailian foreigners and I seriously think we're the luckiest of all, we all get along so well and go out together in the city center a lot. I don't live in the city city, but more on the outskirts and up the side of a mountain a little bit, but I love my house, it's huge and gorgeous and I can see the city and the sea from my bedroom balcony. Read more.

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Italy.

AFS offers year programs to Iceland.

AFS offers year programs to Sweden.

Ready for this? I'm done with school in a week and a half. I'm done with the Bac in 3 weeks. I'm leaving my host family in 4 1/2 weeks. I'm leaving France in 5 weeks.

People keep asking me how I'm going to feel going home. Honestly, I don't know. On one hand, I'm going to be so happy to be back, to see my family and friends, to get back to my life there... But on the other hand, I have a life here, too. I've lived with my host family for almost a year, I've made friends, I've shared so many things with everyone. Well, I guess I'll just have to take it in little steps. Read more.

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to France.

I really love my family. I don´t think i could stress that enough...they are really amazing and my sister Adri and i are super close and i love that i am learning so much from them and i am learning a lot more Spanish as well!!!!!!! Yeah i can speak in conversation. woohoo for me.. So i have tried many things here...i went to the hair salon lol to get my eye brows done and my hair washed and styled, they do that a lot here.. sometimes once a week, and it is really cheap!! go Paraguay....read more

AFS offers year, semester and summer programs to Paraguay.