So, at long last, two days before I leave, I have received my host family information! I will have a host dad, host mom, and a host sister (but it doesn't say her age.) I am going to try and email them before I go. I don't have much information about them, but I am so excited to meet them next week!
Packing is essentially done, I'm just finishing a few projects around the house before I go.
Oh, and this isn't related to my trip to Russia, but my (American) family is probably going to be hosting an exchange student for this upcoming school year through AFS! We had an in-home interview for it yesterday. The girl that we might be hosting is 15 (my age), from Thailand, and she has a lot of similar interests. It sounds like she would probably be arriving around 2 days after I get back from Russia, which seems sort of crazy, but I don't care- I'm excited for the possibility of having family members from all across the globe.
Nina
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
12 Days
Привет!
What happens in 12 days? THAT'S RIGHT! I WILL BE IN DC! Which means the first leg of my journey to Nizhny Novgorod, Russia! We spend approximately a day and a half-ish there before boarding the plane to Moscow (still not clear on how we're getting to Nizhny from Moscow- I'm guessing taking a train or something- but we have a direct flight to Moscow from DC.) I think I'm as excited for the orientation as I am for actually going to Russia, just because it's the start of it all. Yesterday I got a memorandum thing in my email all about the NSLI-Y orientation, and today I got my final flight itinerary/e-plane-ticket to DC from my home city [classified because this is a public blog, though probably the only people who bother to read it know me personally.]
Last week I made a photo album online with pictures of my town/life in the U.S. to show my host family, and it came in the mail yesterday. I'm really excited to show it to them, because I'm guessing it will be a good conversation starter. Unfortunately, I still don't know anything about my host family. I've been stalking my email like a crazy person for the past week because I think all the other American Councils Russia summer groups have gotten their family's information already, but the Nizhny group still hasn't yet. I would kind of like to have an older host sibling, since I'm the oldest of two in my house (my sister is 2 years younger than me). It would also be fun to have a much younger host sibling, because I love little kids. But I don't really have any preferences. I'm sure I'll love whoever I end up with, and I know I'll feel bad later if I go into the whole host family thing with any strong set opinions before I even know anything about my host family. So I'm keeping an open mind, but I desperately want to know! I just checked my email again. No, really.
The good news is, I now officially leave in less than two weeks! Which means I can't be more than a week away from getting my host family information.
Cheers to staying positive!
-Nina
What happens in 12 days? THAT'S RIGHT! I WILL BE IN DC! Which means the first leg of my journey to Nizhny Novgorod, Russia! We spend approximately a day and a half-ish there before boarding the plane to Moscow (still not clear on how we're getting to Nizhny from Moscow- I'm guessing taking a train or something- but we have a direct flight to Moscow from DC.) I think I'm as excited for the orientation as I am for actually going to Russia, just because it's the start of it all. Yesterday I got a memorandum thing in my email all about the NSLI-Y orientation, and today I got my final flight itinerary/e-plane-ticket to DC from my home city [classified because this is a public blog, though probably the only people who bother to read it know me personally.]
Last week I made a photo album online with pictures of my town/life in the U.S. to show my host family, and it came in the mail yesterday. I'm really excited to show it to them, because I'm guessing it will be a good conversation starter. Unfortunately, I still don't know anything about my host family. I've been stalking my email like a crazy person for the past week because I think all the other American Councils Russia summer groups have gotten their family's information already, but the Nizhny group still hasn't yet. I would kind of like to have an older host sibling, since I'm the oldest of two in my house (my sister is 2 years younger than me). It would also be fun to have a much younger host sibling, because I love little kids. But I don't really have any preferences. I'm sure I'll love whoever I end up with, and I know I'll feel bad later if I go into the whole host family thing with any strong set opinions before I even know anything about my host family. So I'm keeping an open mind, but I desperately want to know! I just checked my email again. No, really.
The good news is, I now officially leave in less than two weeks! Which means I can't be more than a week away from getting my host family information.
Cheers to staying positive!
-Nina
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