5 days left and I'm excited

Hey guys :)
I started my blog in July before I left Germany, but it's in German. I've decided now to write it in English as well... in a different Blog, but I'll write nearly the same as in the other one. I'm sorry that my English is not that perfect and I'll make mistakes for sure, but I hope it gets better.... and if it's a major mistake just tell me ;)

I hope a few people will read the blog because I'm only writing in English for all my English speaking friends and now I have to write two blogs, cause my mum (and some others, reading my German blog) doesn't understand English that well :D
Just to show my friends, who wnet back home what happens in their sencond home ;)
Zuzka, Erika, Konomi, Risa, Haruka, Hiroko, Naomi... and lot's more... I miss u here ♥

Until I can catch up with the date I'll just copy what I wrote in my German blog, from the beginning ;)
Have fun reading (I hope) :D

Sunday, 17th July 2011

That's my firt post, a little bit late if I consider that I'm already leaving in 5 days, to the other side of the world, but it's a beginning :D

Leat's start from the beginning.... I'm going to live abroad, in New Zeland. I'm going to live with a hostfamily around 17950km away from home, for a whole year.
My hostfamily , with who I already stay in contact for a while, ios living in Red Beach and concists out of 3 kids, my hostparent, the grandpa, two dogs and a cat.

I will visit Orewa College, which is located in Orewa.
Orewa is a town with around 7.300 residents and is located on the Hibiscus Coast and about 30km away from Auckland.

Orewa Beach is considered as one of the longest and safest beaches in Auckland.

The school offers lots of different subjects, that we don't have in Germany and therefore it would be worthwhile to try them. I'll tell you later what different subjects you can choose.
The sport- and after-school-offers are huge as well, but that's no wonder with a number of 1,850 puplis and a good location (5 minutes walking to the beach). ;)

Because we are accomodated on the north island of New Zealand, have a 'praparation week' in Auckland and my hostfamily is living far away, therefore I got another hostfamily.
They consist of three hostsiblings as well, my hostparent and two cats and they're living near Auckland (Te Atatu Peninsula).
In the preparation week are we going to work on the history, the language, the schoolsystem and tje Maori (the original inhabitants of New Zealand) etc.

I'm going to fly over Singapore to Auckland like most of us, namely on the 21st July until the 23rd July. A pretty long time that we spent on the plane and in the airport in Singapore. -.-

Until then are still 5 days left, that I will use to pack and unpack my suitcase :D Because I few things will stay home, because it isn't that cold in New Zealand.
Furthermore were arriving in Winter, because Nz is in the Southern hemisphere and the seasons are the other way around. When we have summer in Germany, it's Winter in New Zealand and when we are cold in Winter here, they celebrate Christmas on the beach :D Therefore I need less summercloths :D

I do this blog as well, for all the other who I won't write email with, because I won't have enough time. Since I will be busy in my free time in New Zealand as well.

So please don't be sad or angry because I don't keep in contact with each of you and that I don't congratulate you on your birthday on time ;D yeah something like that bothers me :P

So that was it for today, that were some things to start with :D
I hope you will read frequently, that it is worth writing.

Kind regards
Lea