Wednesday, August 22.
This was my first "relax day" in Slovakia. Both my host parents had to work in the morning and told me and my host brother to make them some type of food. I was thinking which "American" food I could make, and decided on a hamburger (for easiness lol). Me and my brother went to Billa (Slovak grocery store) and bought all the ingredients. I cooked the hamburgers and my brother decorated the plate. To be honest, the hamburger meat tasted not like a hamburger and it was the wrong color, BUT my host family liked it and they liked bbq sauce, so all is well! In the afternoon I went into town with my host sister to meet my mom and her old English teacher from when she studied nursing. Her English teacher was a very nice lady and did speak English pretty well. At night, I went to my first Rotary club meeting. It was very small (only 7 people total) as more than half of the club was in Mexico. To be honest, the meeting was quite boring as I couldn't understand what they were saying for over an hour. After we left the club, we began walking home and my mom started getting a bunch of texts and calls saying that Sam and I were on the Slovak national news station! They had finally aired my news segment haha! We wanted to surprise my parents and show them, but all my mom's friends got to it first! (Click here) After watching ourselves on the news, there was a 45 minute TV special about Connecticut! It was so random. There was even a small segment about Westport. My host family was so interested in seeing my state on the TV and where I lived! Thursday, August 23. Today was another "relax day" so my brother and I went to the town pool. It's about a 15 minute bike ride and it's located on the town "island" called Ostrove. There's about 5 pools and 3 big slides. We put all our stuff down and began walking towards the pool when I STEPPED ON A BEE. It stung me right in the center of my toe and was even more painful cause I had no idea what I had stepped on at first. I pulled out the stinger but half of it got stuck in my toe causing it to swell up really bad. The pool water in the town was also very cold, making the swelling go down. We had a good time in the pool but had to leave around 4:00 cause my host brother had his first floorball training. At night, my host mom invited over family friends of theirs whose two kids both go to Šturak, my school. We talked for a while and they told me all about my school and the activities. Theres lots of school trips, great, but no lunch period?? They explained that you eat when you can, so I guess I'll figure it out. They were very nice and will help me out on the first day of school in a little over a week! Friday, August 24. Today was the third "relax" day in a row. My host brother brought me back into town and taught me how to take the bus to school. It's pretty simple and I don't think I'll have any problems. We visited my YEO's English school and stayed for a few hours. Today also, was Valerias first day in Trencin. She's the other exchange student in my club and she's from Colombia. Since it was also her birthday, we had a dinner to celebrate with her family, my family and our YEO. Valeria was so sweet, we already knew we would be best friends! Her family was also so kind and funny. I cannot wait to meet all the other exchange students!
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