I'm off to live on the outskirts of Madrid, in Colmenarejo, and going to school at I.E.S. Colmenarejo. My host mother's name is Isabel, who is divorced but lives with her three children; Daniel (11), Maria (8) and Antonio (6). They've had exchange students before, and have a few pets - three dogs, one cat, two hamsters and a pool of fish.
This is exactly the sort of host family I hoped for - I'm so happy, and can't wait to meet them! I received all this information this morning from my Spanish contacts, along with a few pictures, and I'm off to email them after this.
In other news, the first of three of us using the same exchange program (for anyone interested, it's Student Exchange Australia New Zealand - link found here) is off to Italy tomorrow! Yesterday the three of us ventured in to Perth city to buy identical teddy bears to hug if we got lonely in our respective European countries. Here's mine, complete with a friendship bracelet on her left ankle;
The Spanish is coming along veeeery slowly. It's going to be a busy couple of weeks - learning the basics of a language, various farewell parties and goodbyes, packing my room up, packing the things I'm going to take away, organising multiple appointments and praying that my visa is accepted by the Spanish Consulate on time. Eep!
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