Hey guys,
It's 10:27pm and just got out of the orientation.
Students arrived all day long. The first students came around 8 and the last just arrived.
Kajsa, my co-editor arrived at 10am, and I arrived at 4pm or so. I think people arrived every 30 minutes. You keep meeting new people all the time.
Since the orientation didn’t start until 8pm, most of the exchange students just hung out with other students in the lobby, swimming pool, or in front of the hotel. We had a long time to talk with the other and after all we have to say that it was worth it… and it was the first step to meet new people.
We were all the time asking “Where are you from?" "In which American state are you staying?"… The question “What is your name?” was not necessary... we had name tags that will be using for the first 2 days. The name tags are kind of cool and have even the flag of your home country on it. AWESOME! Many German flags… and I'm one of them.
At 8pm we had dinner and after the orientation.
Now let's talk about my favorite part! The really entertaining speech of Raphael, the coordinator.
Raphael was an AFSer in Wisconsin in 1994...that's a while ago woot woot! He is originally from Brazil. We understood how the trip goes and how it will run for the next 13 days. The presentation was informative, funny, and entertaining.
Well it's already 10:53 ... half an hour are we working on that. Well we have to go back to the lobby to chill with the other exchange students and socialize. We have to enjoy every second of this trip ;)
Ok, we are done...tomorrow we leave the Hotel at 9am.
We loved to entertain you guys,
Kajsa and Dustin (represented Netherlands & Germany)
Welterusten and Gute Nacht!
Hi Asier! We are so happy for you, so many new people an beautiful places to see. Enjoy every bit of it. We'll red about all your adventures every day.
ReplyDeleteLove, Ama eta aita (mom and dad)