Ciao!
So I was on my way to the gym today, when my mom got a call from AFS. The lady was explaining to us that I was going to be in a special situation…I will have two host families! The first family will host me until the end of January, and then the other one will host me from then on! They told me they already had the information of the first one, and that they would e-mail it to me either today or tomorrow. I spent the next 45 minutes refreshing my phone like crazy (no seriously- the app says how many minutes it has been since the last time you refreshed, and mine was "less than a minute ago" almost every time). Then….. I GOT IT.
I got the e-mail which gave me the last name of the first one (and also said I wouldn't get the second one until it's a lot closer to the time I have to switch, so it will probably be once I'm in Italy). I will not disclose any personal information at this point, since I am not sure if they are okay with it, but if they are I will let you all know later! Just know they all have wonderfully Italian names and I have a mom and dad, a sister who is almost a year younger and a brother who is almost a year older! I was on the stair master, texting 6 friends and my sister (who was at home on my laptop feeding me the information) and then I was googling all sorts of things about where I will be…which is…. *drumroll please* Sorrento, Italy!!! I actually visited Sorrento last summer while on a cruise ( I only spent a few hours there though, so I still have a lot to discover) and it was so unbelievably beautiful!! It's near the Amalfi Coast (which is absolutely GORGEOUS), Naples, and Pompeii! I'll do a whole blog post related to what I've researched on Sorrento, but it's late now and I should be sleeping but I wanted to update you all. The town is on some cliffs with crystal clear shores, and it's known for it's limoncello!
I e-mailed my host parents (although I'm sure they are sleeping) and found them on Facebook (but I felt like a serious creeper so I decided to wait to add them until they answered my e-mail) and I can't wait to hear back!! I'll post more later on how everything is going, I just wanted to catch you guys up on what's happened! I am so unbelievably lucky that I found out my host family less than a week after I was accepted, and that I get to experience two different families (they will probably keep me in the same school though, so I won't have to leave all my friends and community behind)! Okay, I'll talk to you all soon!! Buonanotte <3 Xx
-- Tami Moctezuma
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