Hi!
Okay so I know I haven't wrote on this blog in a while, but again there is not many intersting things to write about since I am not actually in Italy yet! However, Since I last wrote I have found out so much information about where I am staying and such. I have been e-mailing my host sister, Martina very often and she has told me a lot about Seveso! I also have been talking to my 2 liasons in Italy on facebook there names are Jasmine and Clio! They seem really nice and I can't wait to meet them. I have the website for my school in Italy, www.iismajorana.it I am pretty sure its a Science School whatever that means. I'm sure going to find out! I looked at pictures on the school website and it sure looks different from my school now. I am so excited to go! I feel like this whole thing is a dream, it really hasn't hit me that I'm leaving I feel like its just something I say and I won't realize the reality of it for a long time. Anyways, I have gotten an e-mail saying its time to go ahead and get my visa...I am actually secretly excited to get it because the consulate is in NYC! I have never been to NYC and I live in New York! It's really sad, so even though my parents are mad they have to pay all this money and ofcourse I heard italy is one of the hardest countries to get a visa to besides Russia and China. Other than that though, besides the long boring process, there is some good to come of it! Well I really don't have too much else to say! I hope these blogs I'm writing are somewhat interesting for people! I have 22 views yay!
Ciao!
Mollie
This is my blog about my journey before during and after my experience to study abroad in Italy for my Junoir Year of High School with AFS
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
My Host Family
This is a picture Martina took this in Cesano
Another picture she took in Seveso or Cesano(5 min from seveso)...not sure
Front of my house
My house!Hey Everyone,
So for all of the 16 people who have viewed my blog so far I will tell you more about my host family! My father's name is Franco, my mother's name is Nadia, my sister's name is Martina, and my brother's name is Luca. They live in a small town about 19 km from the city of Milan, which sounds awesome! Martina says it takes 30 minutes by train to get to Milan and we could go there once a week or twice a month If I want to! I have been e-mailing Martina almost everyday for several weeks now and I have found out so much about her and her family so I will share! Martina is currently in 11th grade, this means we will be in different grades next year because right now I am in 10th grade. She told me that AFS said we will be going to different schools, she is at a language school, and they will put me in a school more similar to the one I go to now...I am not sure how similar it will actually be but Im assuming I will find out. Luca is in 7th grade and he loves to swim and play video games. Martina said she paints, listens to music, hangs out with friends, or plays the piano in her free time. My father and mother like to travel, read, go shopping, see movies, paint and much more! I feel like I have many things in common with them and I think we are going to get along great!! The pictures above are some pictures Martina has sent me! She is actually doing a summer study abroad with AFS in July, she is going to Austrailia so when I come to her house, she will probably have a good understanding of how I am feeling when I first get there!
Tomorrow is my pre-departure orientation, I am going to have a sleepover with a bunch of other kids going to many different places and we are going to talk about how we feel about everything. My local AFS coordinator said I was the first one in our reigon to recieve a family so far, but we had that conversation a month ago so I am not sure if anyone else has received any news! I can't wait to find out more about this experience I am going to have and I hope its fun!
I still haven't heard anything about my student visa so I am waiting on that, I have heard its not a fun thing to do but I will find out hopefully soon how it goes.
XOXO
Mollie
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Beginning of the Journey!
Hey Everyone!
Okay so I have finally decided to actually start writing on my blog. I have been waiting for something to write about because for a while I didn't know much about what was going on, all I knew was that I was accepted into the AFS Italy 09 Year program and couldn't be more happy.
But now, I am so thrilled to say I have have a host family!!! On Monday I recieved an e-mail telling me that they have found a family for me in Seveso, Milan!!!! MILAN! Wow it couldn't get any better. First off, I can't believe that I already have a family I was not expecting this at all. And to top it off, I never would have guessed I would recognize the name of the city I would be living in! When I think of Milan I think of the fashion capital of the world!! Who knows what it will really be like when I get there but im sure I won't be disappointed. Now, all I have to do is wait to find out information on how to get my student visa and at the beginning of September off I go! I am so excited ah! I don't know much about my host family except for their names and ages. I have a father, mother, a sister my age!( a big plus) and a brother who is 12 or 13! I have recently e-mailed them to introduce myself and im waiting to hear back hopefully soon!! I want to find out all about them.
So for most of you reading this who don't know me at all I guess I will introduce myself a little. My name is Mollie Snyder, I live in Buffalo New York and I am 16 years old. I am a dancer, tennis player, snowboarder/skiier and I love dogs! I had never really heard or known much about AFS growing up. My dad went abroad with AFS for a summer when he was in college to Finland and I actually talk to his host brothers daughters on msn and facebook and I might even visit them! But anyways, last year AFS was desperate and they emailed my parents asking to be a welcoming family for exchange students who did not have a home yet who were to come a few days later to the US. I was at overnight camp when my parents decdided this so when I got home and had a new sister I was so confused but excited! Cristina was from portugal and she ended up living with us the whole year! She is truly my sister now and I miss her soo much! She is a big part of why I wanted to become an exchange student myself. I never even considered the possibility until last year. But when I set my mind to wanting it, well here I am today actually going so look what happened!
I really don't know what to expect as far as anything really. I don't want to have any expectations because that way there will be no disappointment. I am really up for anything so I can't wait to see what happends. I have already started taking weekly italian lessons and am slowly, and I mean slowly trying to learn as much as I can before I leave.
Ciao for now :))
Mollie
Okay so I have finally decided to actually start writing on my blog. I have been waiting for something to write about because for a while I didn't know much about what was going on, all I knew was that I was accepted into the AFS Italy 09 Year program and couldn't be more happy.
But now, I am so thrilled to say I have have a host family!!! On Monday I recieved an e-mail telling me that they have found a family for me in Seveso, Milan!!!! MILAN! Wow it couldn't get any better. First off, I can't believe that I already have a family I was not expecting this at all. And to top it off, I never would have guessed I would recognize the name of the city I would be living in! When I think of Milan I think of the fashion capital of the world!! Who knows what it will really be like when I get there but im sure I won't be disappointed. Now, all I have to do is wait to find out information on how to get my student visa and at the beginning of September off I go! I am so excited ah! I don't know much about my host family except for their names and ages. I have a father, mother, a sister my age!( a big plus) and a brother who is 12 or 13! I have recently e-mailed them to introduce myself and im waiting to hear back hopefully soon!! I want to find out all about them.
So for most of you reading this who don't know me at all I guess I will introduce myself a little. My name is Mollie Snyder, I live in Buffalo New York and I am 16 years old. I am a dancer, tennis player, snowboarder/skiier and I love dogs! I had never really heard or known much about AFS growing up. My dad went abroad with AFS for a summer when he was in college to Finland and I actually talk to his host brothers daughters on msn and facebook and I might even visit them! But anyways, last year AFS was desperate and they emailed my parents asking to be a welcoming family for exchange students who did not have a home yet who were to come a few days later to the US. I was at overnight camp when my parents decdided this so when I got home and had a new sister I was so confused but excited! Cristina was from portugal and she ended up living with us the whole year! She is truly my sister now and I miss her soo much! She is a big part of why I wanted to become an exchange student myself. I never even considered the possibility until last year. But when I set my mind to wanting it, well here I am today actually going so look what happened!
I really don't know what to expect as far as anything really. I don't want to have any expectations because that way there will be no disappointment. I am really up for anything so I can't wait to see what happends. I have already started taking weekly italian lessons and am slowly, and I mean slowly trying to learn as much as I can before I leave.
Ciao for now :))
Mollie
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