OK so with a title like that.... I need to cut to the chase... I found out my district, city, and host family. I will be staying in Liz, Austria. This is very exciting! I did not share this news earlier because there was some initial confusion.
The first news I got was that I would be in Klagenfurt. I am going to guess that none of you have ever heard of Klagenfurt; but here is some basic information about Klagenfurt. It is the 6th largest town in Austria. It is notable for really... not much.... but in the middle ages there is said to have been a dragon that tried to destroy the city. The only real store in Klagenfurt is Ikea... umm ok. All of that said... I was not that excited to go to Klagenfurt; it just did not feel right. (if you are from Klagenfurt please don't be offended) But i was just not "feeling it".And just as I was moping I got an interesting email from the inbound coordinator in Austria saying that I was going to Linz.
I was very confused about this, and quickly sent out lots of emails to every RYE contact I have. The inbound coordinator quickly got back to me and told me that I will in fact be in Linz, and that I should contact my host family, and inbound coordinator for my club. It was really exciting.
My host family, who I did email with the "help of Google translate (ok I typed out my email and put it in the translator, I was too excited to translate!) They are AWESOME!! They live as one with nature, love to read and have 3 kids. The "kids" are actually 2 boys in their 20's and a girl who will also be on exchange next year. Getting to know a little bit about my host family, seeing some pictures, and talking to tehm (one of my host brothers, my host sister and my host mother) makes me VERY EXCITED!! I feel that Linz is the right place becasue I will get to stay with this famiyl who I think is amazing (so far), and also they have more stores than just Ikea... So I am now feeling super, super pumped about my exchange and ready to go!!!!
Also to put out some of my other concerns that were recently abolished--I can get at least 3-12 months of my medicine at a time and will not have to worry about that. I will have a language camp so I will not be too lost in the language. And my town/host family are so cool; so I needn't worry. I am SO EXCITED!!!
Now I just need to shop/figure out how to make some money for my year/get converters and suitcases and all that good stuff for my year and yes a rotary blazer too.
Oh and I need to make 500 pins so yeah thats happening... ONLINE!
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