My host family lives in a small farming town 30 minutes north of Zurich called Freienwil. They have a 19 year old daughter, a boy and a girl (twins) who are 20 years old, a dog, a cat, and five quails. The twins live away from home. I will be going to the district high school, or Gymnasium as they call it, in Baden where the younger daughter went to school.
I have been emailing the family, and they sent me some pictures of them and the area they live in. They live in such a lovely place, and I'm so excited to see it and meet all of them in person!
The family has had lots of previous experience with AFS. They have already hosted one girl from Bolivia, and their younger daughter went on an exchange to France for a year with AFS. I'm very lucky to have a host family that already has experience with AFS. Hopefully it will make the adjustment period smoother.
Another thing that I hope will make the adjustment period smoother is language learning. I have no previous knowledge of German, but I have started learning through the Rosetta Stone account which AFS has given me. When I get to Switzerland I will take a couple weeks of language classes before I start real school. Hopefully that will help a little. My host family knows some English, so when I get there it won't be so hard to communicate, but hopefully it doesn't stop me from speaking German!
Another thing that I hope will make the adjustment period smoother is language learning. I have no previous knowledge of German, but I have started learning through the Rosetta Stone account which AFS has given me. When I get to Switzerland I will take a couple weeks of language classes before I start real school. Hopefully that will help a little. My host family knows some English, so when I get there it won't be so hard to communicate, but hopefully it doesn't stop me from speaking German!
I'm so excited to meet my host family, and be an exchange student in Switzerland!
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