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Will

From Yellville, AR to France

Nickname Will
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Friday, March 26, 2004 11:30 AM  Its Will. I was just writing to say hi. I am really sorry I dont write more often.

I Just changed host famliys for the first time... KInda late I know. Well I changed about two weeks ago. THey own a pharmacy and just moved so we live in a house connected to the pharmacy. ITs really cool besides the fact that the house isnt quite all in order. IE: Wallpaper, paint,
carpet, etc.. But really no big deal.

They are going to take me to the south of France, Monaco, and have already taken me to Luxembourg, Paris, Germany (like
every day cause we live 5 minutes away) and many other places. They are authentically nice.

And they correct my errors in French more often. But everyone that I talk to say I speak very very well and are very happy that i can say the french R's. Haha. Believe it or not there are a lot who cant.

 Really, I dont think
that this year could have gone better. Well, I could have not had one of my teachers,  but I
guess its all in the experience.

My rotary tutor here is nice, but a little absent minded.

 I have a little host brother here, Aurthur, who is 3.....I AM NEVER HAVING KIDS!!! Haha. JUst kidding. No really he is a little too much to handle but I still hang in there. I dont want to play the parent here cause I am not, but still I think they want me to help out a little so when he "fait un connerie" I tell him "Non
Aurthur. Ca va pas!"

Then we have a dog, FINALLY! My last family had cats, which I can stand, but I dont really like. We have a pit bull named Mina. She is sooo sweet, but has a problem about peeing anywhere and everywhere. My bed for example. The second night I was here I take a bath and get ready for bed and lay down in my bed and feel something damp on my body and so I get up and turn on the light and see this huggggeeee round wet spot on my sheets AND pillow AND the special Mogu pillow my mom sent me in the mail that IS NOT WASHABLE!!!!! MINA CA VA PAS LA TETE!!! Anyway. Its ok. I just close my door now.

My host mom took me shopping in Deutchland a couple days after I moved in. She just sold two magazine stores so she is
kinda loaded and I didnt expect her to buy me a thing cause I am not her kid, but then she saw a shirt that "Just goes so well with you" and then a pair of jeans and then another shirt and then some shoes and then some cologne! I was like "I am just going to wait until midnight to say thanks so you wont get sick of hearing it every five minutes!" She is really sweet. She told me "The safe doesnt follow the hearst" so I guess y'all can figure that out.

  I am interested in going to Russia and if I could go there AND help people I think that would really make me happy. I really think thats something I want to do. Its just one of those things that makes me feel happy when I think about it. Do you remember Léa. Well she is doing pretty much the same thing in Bulgaria and she kinda got me stuck on the
whole idea of helping people.

 What do you think of my
idea? Well, I have to go so I will be looking forward to your replys. Byebye, Will
 

Monday, October 20, 2003 10:07 AM

 

Well, I got here, exausted cause the long flight and my pain killers from my surgery, and I decided I would carry my bags even though I wasnt supposed to, cause I didnt want to wait and my flight was already 45 minutes late. So I get here and my wonderful host family was waiting for me, trying to look happy to see me cause their daughter just left before I got there. So we went to the car, luckly not a little death trap, and we went into paris!! We went to the Tour Eiffel and went inside. It was really cold but it was still great. So we drove home, about 350km to the NW towards Germany and it took about 3 hours or so. We got here and I just died on my bed! No really I tried to stay up as long as I could talking to them and just asking questions and stuff like that cause I didnt want to offend them. But I slept late! So 2 days later I went to Metz on the train to see Léa and her sister Zealie. Do you remember her? Well i am going to Metz again this Saturday to see them again. So after that I went to school on wednesday and was very nervous and scared but I got there and saw this girl and all she would say was Ca va, ça va and that means OK and so I was like hummmmm? So I kinda looked over and saw a class ring and was like BINGO she's American! her name is Bertina and she is from California and she is also an exchange student. We are really good friends but we try not to always be together so we can learn french. But I have a lot of friends here and I like it. I am starting to find out who I can really be friends with now though. Anyway, one of my friends asked me if i wanted to go to €-Disney so I was like sure so I went with the community of Macherin and it was really great. I went to Metz with my host fa mily to meet all the exchange students too and it was good. There are a lot of english speakers! So there are not a lot of activities this year but thats ok cause my family is taking me to Paris to see Notre Dame, Monmatre, and lots of other stuff in about 1 week and then for X-mas we are going to La côte d'Azure and for spring break we are going to go Skiing in the alps! So thats about it and i hope you liked the update. Will
   
   
   

 

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