Today I met all the other exchange students in my district. A district is the group you will be apart of for your exchange year. There were 53 total students only 4 from US, crazy enough we were all female. I walked into that orientation with lets say 5 pins on my blazer and I walked out of that building with the whole front side covered in pins from all over. I think the coolest thing the rotary program has continued as a tradition is every exchange student is required to purchase a blazer. The blazer is another way you can start a friendship or approach a new friend because you start that conversation off with “lets trade pins!” So already you learn something about that person because those pins describe where they’re from and something they like to do.
Today I connected with girls from 6 different countries Hungry, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Africa, Poland and France. I will be attending school with the girls from Slovakia and Hungry, so I hope I have classes with them this school year. And the girl from Africa has been here since January so she had some stories that were informing and some that were funny. I can’t wait to see what stories and advice I have to share in 6 months. They all know what to say to lighten my day and make me smile so I know learning Portuguese together will be the time of our lives! We have some what in common so hopefully we can make this year the best year of our live TOGETHER!
By the end of this year I will have connections all over the world:)
