9/13/13
I FINALLY GET TO SEE ALL THE EXCHANGE STUDENTS TODAY!!!!!
At school I counted down the minutes until I was done classes. I love my exchange student friends! Even though it’s only been 2 weeks since I’ve seen them, I miss them so much!
As soon as I saw everyone in the train station, they came running up to me giving me tons of hugs. At my host house, no one gives hugs to anyone so it was really nice getting hugs from my friends. Hugging my body also hugs my heart and warms my soul. It gives me a bit of happiness to be close to my friends. Grace and Sam gave me the biggest hugs though which was amazing because they are my best friends! A group of us sat in the train station waiting for the bus to come and pick us up.
Ashley was waiting on the bus when I walked on and finally got to see her! I gave her the biggest hug because she is honestly my best friend. I don’t know why we hit it off so well, I guess it’s an East Coast bond.
At the hostel, Ashley and I immediately chose to room together and Grace just joined us by sleeping on the floor. The beds are unfortunately uncomfortable but what do you expect from a hostel. It feels so good to be with my friends again.
For dinner we ate outside and had perogies with sausage. There was also a fire performer who tossed fire around his body. There was so much chatter throughout the kids because there was so much to talk about. We each experienced our first days at the Polish high schools and met the kids that might be our future friends. It is the most momentous time as an exchange student. We supported our friends when they cried about how kids aren’t interested in talking to them or when they don’t understand anything in polish or when their host family is mean towards them. . It is the hardest time of any exchange…this is when you need your friends the most.
Grace, Sam, Ashley, and I sat in my room until 2 am telling our life stories relating to the hard time with boys. (Private stories) I shared my personal stories along with everyone else. It was nice having the girls know some of past because it makes us have a closer bond. I want to know their past, present, and future. It is hard opening up to someone but it felt nice exposing some of the skeletons in my closet. Sure it a pity to hear your friends say hard things about their past but we did not judge each other or change our views on each other. I just feel closer to them.
Ashley and I ended up falling asleep at 4 am. We were completely exhausted but it didn’t matter until we talked about everything important in our life. The next day we have to wake up at 6 am…it is going to be a rough day.
Stephanie Raquel
P.S. Now I remember why I love being an exchange student, because I love my exchange student friends. No one has a bond like exchange students.
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