Reporting for Duty

Hello my faithful millions! It is I, your dear giver of wisdom. Or in this case, an update in how I am doing over here in the eastern edges of Europe. In short, I am doing swell. Spring is finally coming. I have come to the conclusion that I hate winter in a city. Well, correction, I hate it if I do not have the opportunity to travel to other places and do things, such as ski or hike or whatever I have grown up doing in the states. It is really actually quite boring without being able to do these things. I spent the whole winter sitting in cafes, but not, the sun has been shining and it has been steadily getting warmer, with a colder day thrown in there every now and then. The trees are about to pop, with the buds showing the first of their leaves and the flowers on some trees and bushes already blossoming. It has instilled a new enthusiasm for me. I have spring fever I guess. And I am so very grateful that is getting warmer. As I told in my last post a while ago, I have switched families again. This is my third and final family. The badita family. I have a mom, lily, my dad, titi (real name is Constantine) and my host brother Andrei, who is in the tenth grade. They are a really awesome family, as were the previous two. I think I really got lucky on this exchange. I live in a house a ways off the main drag and let me tell you, it is so nice! It is quiet, though when the dogs get excited and start barking, it can become pretty chaotic, and also it is bigger and has a room just for me! That’s right, no more Hannah Montana or Disney channel forever residing in the background of my life. It was a truly liberating feeling to shake off the weight of the Jonas brothers, Selene Gomez and the rest of the Disney gang. Living in a house is also a little more like home. I can go outside and shoot some hoops, I can read a book out on the wooden swinging chair, or I could just relax in my room. It was definitely a nice transition. Also, before moving I was worried about how far away it is form my school. I am no longer worried about that. Turns out my host dad drives us in the morning, and I do not mind walking back in the afternoon. It can be a pleasant head clearer after a day of school, especially since the weather is becoming warmer.
BIG NEWS!!!! The Europe tour is coming in less than a week!!!! Right now I would like to thank David O'Clair, who was the financier of this excursion of mine. Without him, I do not know what I would have done. So a big thank you to him. I hope he gets my letter. Anyway for those poor souls who don’t know the itinerary yet, here it is
Slovenia-Veneţia-Munich-Strasbourg-Paris-Amsterdam-Berlin-Prague-Vien.
Pretty freaking awesome! Also, it isn’t written, but I believe Budapest is in there too. It will be my second time in a few cities, and I am curious how I will like them the second time. I cannot wait though. This is truly a trip of a lifetime. I do not mean to make you all jealous, I am just really excited. I am most excited for Paris, Venice and Amsterdam I think. I am hoping I will be able to see my buddies when we go to Vienna, but that remains to be seen. I will have my laptop, but I do not know how the internet will be and I do NOT want to spend all my time on it, so I will be posting pictures on Facebook and that’s about it. Don’t worry mom and dad; I will call every now and then. So I will post again when I get back on the 19th, to let you know all about it. I am sure you will all be curious. For now, that is my life. Less than three months left, exciting/sad. Still cannot wait to see home again, but at the same time, I most def do not want to leave.
Goals: keep up the language learner and have a blast on the Eurotour