im going to Karlskrona, Sweden this summer. as a youth exchange for a whole 5 weeks in July. im excited!.
the date im leaving is sometime around July 10th. that means that i'm going turn 18 during my time in Sweden. Overall though i am so excited! I cant wait! I love airplane rides, especially when i can ride them alone...it gives me a sense of responsibility and plus its way less stressful then when im traveling w/ my family. :P ive flown plenty of times alone, even across the country, just never to a foreign country alone so it shall be a fun adventure!
So most people think of me as super shy and what not, but weirdly the thing im looking forward to the most is, meeting new people. Let me try to explain, i'll be in a foreign country so I’ll have to make new friends which will be fun. oh another advantage of making new friends is i'll have more penpals :) i love sending and receiving mail and so far i dont have any friends that i can mail letters to that live outside the United States. Maybe after this trip I will!
so today i got an email from the family i am staying with. this is some of what i learned:
~a girl named Wai Yan from Hong Kong is also going to be staying with the family while im there. :) im thinking that she will probably be my first friend i make in Sweden!
~ i will be attending a nature camp
~ Madeleine along with her husband are going to be my host "parents"
~ their house is 8 kilometers from Karlskrona.
~ they have a swimming pool! :)
~ they have a dog named Zack that is 7 years old and two cats one named Sven who is 18 years old and the other named O’Tiger who is 5 years old.
Yup yup i really cant wait!!!!
only a little more then 3 months!
