ONE DISTRICT - TWO COUNTRIES

My host family and I went skiing for four days in Austria. It was around 40-50 degrees every day so I didn\'t even wear a coat. This was the perfect skiing ...

So, it\'s been a little while. As I anticipated, finding time to blog has become increasingly harder. I\'ve finally decided that an update is past due though, ...

My life feels “complete” here. I speak the language, I have friends, and I have a good host family. My point in all of this is that sometimes a certain aspect ...

Thanksgiving was my first major holiday away from home and I wanted to do something for it. I also saw it as an opportunity to give my host family a new ...

Moving families is one of the biggest challenges emotionally for an exchange student. Not knowing how to feel or act. When moving day came I was swarmed with ...

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve written one of these, life has been crazy, it always is. It’s still hard for me to believe I’ve already been here for over ...

I started school the day after my arrival, even though I could’ve had the whole first week off. I did this so I could through myself straight into the Slovak ...

Now that I’m past the halfway point of my exchange, it’s sort of crazy to look back on my past posts and see everything that has happened and all the things I� ...

Back in November, the Martin Rotary Club organized a Thanksgiving dinner for their families, friends, and nearby Rotarians and exchange students from other ...

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