4 months in Steamboat!

4 months in Steamboat!

This last months have been awesome. First of all I had my first Halloween in the U.S, was super fun and I carved mi first pumpkin!. Football was over just the day of Halloween, it was a good game but we lost anyway. For all the seniors, the football team gave a lot of presents to us, that was really nice from them, they gave me a box made of wood with my name print in it and the football season, also I get mi big letter S, a pin of a football (which is awesome for my blazer) and a board with pictures of my and the signature of all the football team, and that will be a memory I will have forever.

On November I went to Chicago with my host mom Julie and my host brother Jacob, was an incredible trip and thanks them I got to know a new and beautiful city. We went to the famous "The blue man group" show, was hilarious! The second day we went downtown to millennium park, the silver bean and a Red Bull can art exhibition. Also we went to the planetarium and aquarium. At the end of the day we went to the Willis Tower, se second biggest building in the world, after a Tower on China, of course, Chinese... In that tower they have a deck called sky deck and you can see what is under you on the floor 103, is pretty scary! On Saturday we went to Julie's sister in law, Jill, and her two kids Max and Jack. They are super funny and interesting, that night we went to the Chicago Bulls basketball game! An incredible experience. That day we also went to Dave&Busters, a place to play games and get prices,fortunately I get a Minion, and I love it!.

One more thing I did on December was go to Fruita, Colorado, for a biking trip with the Rotarian Eric, that was super fun because we were a large group mountain biking in that amazing place, and a ride for the first time at night, which was also amazing!.

Snow started already, and now is more cold. I follow the advice of a lot of people and I bought some great The North Face snow boots, which are already my favorites, they are super warm and waterproof. We went for hikings in the mountain withe the Taulmans the one that were exhausting but fun.

And finally, I had my first thanksgiving ever! Was super fun, in Lincoln, Nebraska, and I went with my second host family, the Schlichts, who were really good with me and also Suzanne's brother and his family, the Antinoro's. Lincoln is a good city, I really liked and we went to the college basketball game in the brand new arena from the city. I also experimented the "Black Friday", and really didn't like it at all, a lot of people and a lot of waste of time, but the good news is that I could get an iPad with a good deal.

Now we are already on December and I'm looking forward for Christmas! My first Chrismas away from home, but with an amazing host family!

The school is going pretty good, I'm ready to end this period and start the new one with another cool classes and class mates. At the moment I'm doing a three day 'Interpreter training' with the Integred community from the city, in the school, so I can become an interpreter by giving an exam an passing it.

                                           First pumpkin carved for Halloween!

                                            The Football team

                                            Senior night with Taulman's

                                             Beautiful city of Chicago at night!

                                                            Chicago at day

                                                      The silver bean, amazing

                                                The Willis Tower, floor 103, 1450ft.

                                                     Chicago Bulls Game!

                                     Fruita, Colorado with this Amazing Rotarians!

                                               Going for a hike in emerald mountain

                                                       Lincoln's capitol

Abraham Lincoln statue, Lincoln, Nebraska

Sebastian - United States 2014/2015

Hello everyone! I am Sebastian and I'm an exchange student from Argentina. I born in September the 9 in the south of Argentina. I have been in Steamboat Springs for 5 weeks and I'm really enjoying it, it's a beautiful place and people are really nice. My host family is really good and we always have fun. Here i went to the ski area and see the city from there, it was great, also i went to the Rodeo for first time, and really liked. I tried marshmallows also for my first time and they are delicious! We went to Catamount lake and a fished a fish, it was awesome. And two weeks ago, my host mom, brother and me run the Color Fun Run, an amazing experience!

One of the best things i have done here is meet the other exchanges students from the district, they are really my friends now, we are a big family!.

   

Sam D. - A couple months to go!

Only a couple month left in Steamboat. I am excited to go home to see my family and friends again, but in the same time, I also am sad that I have to leave Steamboat and its amazing people. I wish I could take Steamboat with me and put it right next to Belgium.

Since my last post, many things happened. I was part of the high school Musical that took place in february but I unfortunately don't have any picture.

I went on the Agua Prieta trip with the Interact Club. Even if didn't happen they way we expected it to, it was an amazing experience and a great time.

In March, the Rabesa took me on an amzing trip to Disneyworld, Orlando. I only have one thing to say about it: Amazing!!

For Spring Break, Ray "El Bandido"  Martinez took me with him and his daughter on a great road trip in Colorado.

We first stopped in Fruita for two nights. We did some great Mountain Biking and had a lot of fun with the kids.

We drove through Colorado National Monument, which was beautiful.

We spent a night at Mesa Verde and did the tour of it. We learned a lot.

Our next stop was Durango. I loved Durango! We took the train to Cascade Village. We also went to an Old Time Photos and have some good photos taken.

I am now living with my third and last host family, Tara and Ben Weaver. I am very happy with them, like I was with the Rabesa and the Mensing. We are having a lot of fun playing darts and ladder ball. Even if they think I win too often.

To conclude, I want to say that I'm still having a great time here and I won't ever forget this amazing year I had the chance to spend among great people.

Introducing myself - Melina

Hi!

This is my first post at the blog and I was planning to introduce myself. So in this post you will read a little about me and my time here in America so far. Enjoy your reading!

The basics:
My full name is Melina but my friends just call me Mila. I was born 4^th of November 1995, in Sweden. After eighteen years living in the same country, city and house, I felt ready to explore more parts of the world. I love to travel; I can never get too much of experience and memories! So far I have been in 21 countries, mostly just in Europe. Euro trips is me and my family’s favorite way to travel, it is just to pack the car with some necessary things and then you are ready to drive around in Europe wherever you feel like going, if you never done that, I would really recommend you to put that on your bucket list.

Other fun random facts about myself:
I love sushi, and American pizza. I love skiing and tennis, have done both of these sports my whole life. Sport is my thing I think, probably just because of my time growing up. I have an older brother that always brought me with him wherever he goes, so I have spent a lot of time together with him and his friends playing different sports as basketball, soccer, and floor ball. Fall/Christmas is my favorite time of the year because everything is so cozy, calm and beautiful. But I think I love all the different times of the year, rain, sun, snow, whatever.

My time in America so far:
Eight months ago, I left Sweden and started my adventure in America, in Estes Park, Colorado. But after one and a half month in that beautiful village, we had a natural disaster (flood) and I moved to Steamboat Springs, where I now lived for six and a half months. I love both of these places, each place has their own positive sides. Both of the places are beautiful and full of possibilities to hike and explore the nature. But Steamboat has the skiing, which I am really thankful and happy for.

So far I have done a lot, which makes it hard to put it down to just words. So I was thinking to give you a summary both in pictures and words below.

Goodbye people at home, see you in a year!

The plane trip

My counselor in Estes Park pick me up at the airport in Denver

Finally in Estes Park

When I got to Estes I started cheerleading

Got a lot of good cheer friends! Did participate and helped on festivals together

The Scottish festival

Movie night

Tailgate party and football game in Boulder

Football game CU

Then the flood came, helped out downtown and for people that suffered from the flood

Last night with my friends in Estes Park

Not saying goodbye, see you later!

In Steamboat

Homecoming

Homecoming

Halloween

Me and my new best friend from Australia

Cutting down a Christmas tree with the Lichtenfels family

Cutting down a Christmas tree with the Kane family

First day skiing

First powder day

Christmas

First time going ice fishing

Going ice skating

First high school ski race in Beaver Creek

High School - Ski race Beaver Creek


Vacation over the weekend in Beaver Creek with the Kane family

Now been in Vail, Beaver Creek, Aspen, Loveland, and Winterpark (Picture Vail)

Agua Prieta-trip

Agua Prieta-trip (playing basketball, Sam & I)

Hiking Tucson

Laying by the pool Tucson

Shopping in Denver!!!

Walk home from school

Winter Carnival

Movie night with my two host sisters

On our way to South Dakota

Mount Rushmore

Shooting shotgun, Sam & I

 So these photos is just a brief summary of my time so far, hope you enjoyed the reading and the pictures.

Mila