Sunday, April 29, 2012
Italian Kindergartener
Still waiting for host family info. I have seen on other blogs that they found their host family in late May to early June so we will see. Today I labeled some things in my house with their Italian names. (Like a kindergarten room) Then I made a little hanging thing on the window that has the days of the week. Sorry if its hard to see...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Begining :-)
**Background Story**
This whole adventure would not have even come about if my sister had not told me about this girl she new from college who studied abroad in high school. I never thought my parents would let me go, but surprisingly they did! After much research about which program I should use (AFS, CIEE, Rotary, etc.) I decided to go with AFS because they seemed to have a lot of experience, and were much more organized than the other programs. I searched through all the countries, and it took a while to pick 3 and order them. I originally wanted to go to a Spanish speaking country, but the South American school year is different than in the US so it would be weird to try and get the credit. So I said I wanted to go to Spain, Italy or Portugal. Then I did not get into Spain, so then we went along with the process, and soon enough here I am today. (continue down to normal post)
**Today's Post**
Well yesterday was probably on my top 20 days in my life list. I was accepted by AFS Italy! I may sound a little childish, but when I saw the subject line of the email from AFS "Sara, You have been accepted by AFS Italy" I jumped out of the chair and ran around the house screaming. Yeah, maybe that was a little crazy, but that was the moment that the fact I will be going to Italy in the fall 2012, truly started to sink in. I don't think anyone truly understands how exciting this was for me, and what going abroad really means. Some people seem to think that I am just going over there to have fun and travel and whatnot. Of course it will be fun, but I also chose to do the year program because I wanted to understand another cultures point of view, get a good grasp on the language, and represent: me, my family, town, state, country, and AFS. That's a large duty to have. Yet, I know that I will be able to accomplish it. It may be difficult, but that's another reason why I want to do this. I want to challenge myself, and see what I am capable of, and learn something new.
I am already trying to practice a bit of Italian, but I know Rosetta Stone will help this summer when I have more time...I may not post every day, but I will try to post every once in a while to keep you up to date on whats happening. I cannot wait to find out who my host family is, and where in Italy I will be staying.
Ciao!
PS In case your wondering, the title of my blog is Italian for "My incredible Italian adventure"
This whole adventure would not have even come about if my sister had not told me about this girl she new from college who studied abroad in high school. I never thought my parents would let me go, but surprisingly they did! After much research about which program I should use (AFS, CIEE, Rotary, etc.) I decided to go with AFS because they seemed to have a lot of experience, and were much more organized than the other programs. I searched through all the countries, and it took a while to pick 3 and order them. I originally wanted to go to a Spanish speaking country, but the South American school year is different than in the US so it would be weird to try and get the credit. So I said I wanted to go to Spain, Italy or Portugal. Then I did not get into Spain, so then we went along with the process, and soon enough here I am today. (continue down to normal post)
**Today's Post**
Well yesterday was probably on my top 20 days in my life list. I was accepted by AFS Italy! I may sound a little childish, but when I saw the subject line of the email from AFS "Sara, You have been accepted by AFS Italy" I jumped out of the chair and ran around the house screaming. Yeah, maybe that was a little crazy, but that was the moment that the fact I will be going to Italy in the fall 2012, truly started to sink in. I don't think anyone truly understands how exciting this was for me, and what going abroad really means. Some people seem to think that I am just going over there to have fun and travel and whatnot. Of course it will be fun, but I also chose to do the year program because I wanted to understand another cultures point of view, get a good grasp on the language, and represent: me, my family, town, state, country, and AFS. That's a large duty to have. Yet, I know that I will be able to accomplish it. It may be difficult, but that's another reason why I want to do this. I want to challenge myself, and see what I am capable of, and learn something new.
I am already trying to practice a bit of Italian, but I know Rosetta Stone will help this summer when I have more time...I may not post every day, but I will try to post every once in a while to keep you up to date on whats happening. I cannot wait to find out who my host family is, and where in Italy I will be staying.
Ciao!
PS In case your wondering, the title of my blog is Italian for "My incredible Italian adventure"
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