Claire Parsons- Belgium

Hi Everyone!

For my year of exchange I will be living in Brussels, Belgium! I have been in contact with my first host family for about three months now and they seem amazing. They have four kids, one of which will also be on exchange (to Argentina). The school that I will be going to is in Brussels and the mother of my first host family actually teaches there!

http://www.lindthout.be/humanites/index.htm

This is the link to my school! Like Maggie said you probably won't be able to read it but there are some interesting pictures.

I leave in two weeks tommorow so I am doing last minute things to prepare because I know that these will probably be the fastest two weeks of my life! I am so excited. I'll post the next blog after I arrive to keep everyone updated! Thanks to everyone!

Claire Parsons

Maggie Kriz - Slovakia

I am going to Slovakia and i will be living in Spišska Nová Ves, Slovakia (it has about 40,000 people and is a tourist town for Slovenský Raj which is a large national park in Slovakia). My flight is scheduled for August 22 at about 6:00 pm. I have talked to my family, I have two sisters Dominika and Erika (they both have also introduced me to some friends that I will have when i arrive). My father's name is Lubomir and my mother's name is Renata. I will be going to Gymnázium Školská 7, it is a great school that prepares students for college. I am pretty excited!

Maggie

p.s. below i put a couple of links if people want to see them.

http://www.gymsnv.sk/index.php?page=profil-absolventa

-this one is for my school

http://www.spisskanovaves.eu/

-this one is my town's website

(you wont be able to read them but you can still look at pictures and stuff!)

Steamboat Springs Youth Exchange 2009 - 2010 Students

We are thrilled to have three students from Steamboat Springs taking part in the Rotary International Youth Exchange Program in the 2009 - 2010 school year. Liza Stout will spend the year in Spain, Claire Parsons will spend the year in Belgium, and Maggie Kriz will spend the year in Slovakia. In turn, our community and club will host Carlo Gavatorta from Italy and Jouselyn Chum from Ecuador. Stay tuned to this blog, as all of these extraordinary students will be posting stories and photos about their experiences this coming school year.