Alli Major - 4 months now O.O

It is CRAZY! i have been in Australia for almost 4 months now. The time has flown by soooooo fast. Too fast really.

I am certainly enjoying my stay tho. I have switched houses and am loving me new host family just as much as my first one.

I have travelled a fair bit, i went to shopping in Albury with my host sister and her friend.
I went hiking at Hall's Gap which was SOOO beautiful and it was really nice to get out of flat lands and into mountains just like home :D
I also went to Bendigo and saw a lot of Kangaroos (: Hope you enjoy the pictures (:

Halloween was yesterday and did i miss steamboat then
I hope it was great. walking down Lincoln and getting bucket loads of candy.
yummmmie!!

But i am certainly willing to give up my Halloween to stay here :)

As you are all starting to get snow, it's spring here and it will be getting hotter and hotter, Although it has been rainy lately it's said to get up to 38 degrees next week, not Fahrenheit tho, i'm talking celsius. OVER 100 DEGREES IN SPRING!!!

now i know all you Steamboat-ers will certainly feel my pain when thinking of how hot that is compared to Steamboat weather. haha

I can asure you tho, i will be at the pool everyday. :D

I will catch up with the exchange students this month i reckon and it'll be nice to see them again.

Anyways! Best be going!
Catchya Later Mate!!
Alli




A joey and mama :)






A whole lotta roos (:





a joey sleeping upside down in patch (:

Bérénice Rioux - Almost two months.

The only thing to say is: the time goes by too fast.

I have been here for two months so far and I don't want to leave this town.
I have been to Lake Powell, Boulder, Denver, etc..
I have made so many friends, and have discovered so many wonderful things. Some people think I'm becoming a real American girl. But I'm loving it. This is probably the only opportunity i will have in my life to do that. So, yes I am a cheerleader, my date for homecoming was a football player, i went on a cattle drive and i am eating all the time. But I am really living in a dream.

But I haven't only made friends in Steamboat.
After the students week end in Wyoming, I think I have friends all over the district. I'm not gonna lie, this week end was perfect. Those two days spent all together created real friendships. Rope course, hiking and different games permitted us to know each other well. And now, we can't wait to meet up again!

And then, the homecoming week end! For some kids, it was just another homecoming. For me, it was the first one and the last one. This week end was awesome. Parade, football game, dance, etc.. Everything was perfect. And I'm sure I will remember this for a while !

Cornelia, me and Claire Parsons for the homecoming.

Life in Steamboat is filled with certain unforgettable events. The beginning of october was Homecoming. Now, everybody is looking for his or her Halloween costume ! It's really exciting, and never boring! I'm not really sure yet of what I want to be for Halloween, but I will figure out, and will surely tell you everything in my next post!

Anything to add? Yes.

Thank you.

Thank you to the Rotary Club of Steamboat, thank you to Deb, John and Coleman Holloway, thank you to all the Rotarians who give me opportunities to discover wonderful new things, and thank you to everybody I have met, and I will meet and who contribute to the success of my exchange!

Bérénice.

Ane Cornelia Pade - I'm the exchange student from Denmark

Hey, I'm Cornelia the exchange student from Denmark.
I come from the third largest city in Denmark, but since Denmark is a small country with only 6 million people, my city's population is only 150.000.
I live with my parents and my two younger sisters, my sisters names are Marie Louise (15) and Eva Helene (13). I play the piano and sing in a couple of rock bands, music is my big passion.
I also love fashion, and help my sister run her quite successful fashion blog.
I have wanted to become an exchange student in America since i was a little girl.
My father was a counselor in Rotary for many years, so I have had exchange students around the house for as long as i can remember. That inspired me to become an exchange student, and America has always been the place I want'ed to go.

I am thrilled to be here in Steamboat, i have experienced so much already, and can't wait to see what the rest of my exchange year will bring.

Thank you Steamboat Springs Rotary for giving me this opportunity, and thank you too all the lovely people i have meet so fare.

I hope, that many of you will come to here my presentation about Denmark in november.

- Cornelia.

Alli Major - Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!

Hellooo Boaters!!!
I have recently switched homes!
I now live with the Curry's and have two Host Siblings!!
The family is relly nice (:
I have acquired a new nickname since being here,,,, the American. Now everyone knows who i am. haha ;)
I'm starting to play basketball here in the little town of Charlton
I'm very excited to start a sport finally (:
I recently travelled to Mildura and Melbourne!
It was great to see the city of melbourne and get Starbucks!!!!! :9
The grand final for aussie rules football just ended. I baracked for the Saints but sadly they lost to Collingwood. :(
Hopefully soon i'll meet up with the other exchange students in Victoria. There's about 16 in my district I reckon.
I Hope All Is Well!!!!!
----Alli-----