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MONDAY

Well on monday all of the rotary exchange students, host parents, and councelors got together at one of the families house so we could all meet and just talk about rules and our next host families and so on...it was great and made me feel so happy to finally meet friends my own age who are doing the same thing I am. All of the kids are very nice and i am feeling much more comfortable saying this will be a good year.

TUESDAY

At 1130 i had a meeting at my new school ( instead of the reformatus i will be attending an art school) me and Saulo a boy from brasil will both be going to the art school as 5th year students so we have all art classes. sounds good to me!!!!!
I had a meeting at the imigration office to turn in mz visa application  and from what i know it went very well!

At night I attended my first hungarian rotary meeting and it was much different than mine in grand haven but it went well.

maggie

Things get better

Yesterday we went to the shopping mall and I was more interested in people watching and didn't really care to look at any clothes. I was trying to see how people my age dress and it seems to be very much like the US where kids wear such a wide range of clothing. So I guess I will have to wait for school to start to see what most kids in my school wear:)

Since I have been here I have eaten 3 square meals everyday made by mom or grandma. I do not remember the last time that for a week straight my family has had every meal together so that is something i enjoy saying. I still haven't met any kids my age:) life is good here and most days my host sister and I spend a good amount of time practicing Hungarian.

This morning I woke up to Skype -Michael and that was a great start to my day. Directly following my Skype session zora(mom) sister and I practiced taking the bus to my school. I have to be good at it because if I were to get lost I don't know how to speak to ask for help:) my school is beautiful and I heard I will get a student to bring me around the first day who speaks English well!

Did I mention it is 100+ degrees here?!?!?

Today was a 100% increase in my happiness here in Hungary. I understand simple questions (some of the time) and my family just seems to get better and better. My host mothers parents live in the house and speak about 4 words of English. It is usually silent between them and I just because we can't speak to one another and my host mom and dad are constantly translating their questions for me and TODAY grandpa (papa) asked me how old I was in Hungarian and I knew how to reply which doesn't seem to exciting but it was the first step in the right direction.

Well my ADD has kicked in and I'm done for the day:)

Maggie

First day....

My first steps off the plane iwas greeted by my happy family and we all had grins ear to ear. We toured around Budapest all day and I saw a lot. We had a great little breakfast at a cafe on the street which Was for me perfect. After breakfast we did things all tourists do (see facebook for photos) after our full day of sightseeing we came home I unpacked everything put out some pictures that brought a few tears just because it was the reality I will not see my best friends, family member fora whole year. We went out for a very nice dinner where I tried the first food iwas a little scared to try. Goose liver fat it ended up tasting good but the word goose liver was a little scary:) my first day was wonderful. My family is amazing and I'm surei will have an amazing year!! Yesterday was amazing until about 10pm when I just broke down crying. I left a lot behind at home and I will not lie and say it is easy to leave everything. I had a rough hour but talked to my mom, michaeland hailey and finally was at peace and fell asleep. I woke up this morning and it's a beautiful sunny day and I can't wait to get out and enjoy it so..that's all for now

Maggie:)