Homestay

My homestay family seems really nice and I think they will be a good fit for me. Here´s something funny, the mom and dad are big Harley Davidson fans too. For those that haven´t heard, my French family really liked Harley´s as well...strange. But the mom works for Medtronics of all places! So, she has been to Minneapolis before because there is a huge Medtronics headquarters there. The father works as a boarder patrol person. Meaning, he checks passports and makes sure that the wrong kind of people/things stay out of Suisse. They have two children, a boy that is my brother´s age (!) and a girl that is my age. However, the girl is studying in Austrailia to learn English.

I am staying in her room which is covered with Bob Marley posters. I like Bob Marley so all is well in my world! Oh yeah, they also have a cat named Sydney. It seems a little afraid of me still, but I am sure it will eventually get used to me. The house they live in is very nice and quiet. And I think they live pretty close to the lake, but my orientation is always a little off...

Thank goodness I am feeling better too! I was violently ill before the group came, but now I am feeling better. Hurray. My family said they were going to take me up to the mountains, which are in their backyard practically, tomorrow. So needless to say I am so excited.

And, if some like-minded people would want to send me a care package in some imaginary world I would want peanut butter because people in Europe never eat it so there is virtually none in the super marche! Also, funny pictures describing what you guys have been up to while I am away.

Ok, until next time...