Life of an exchange student in Iowa

září 26, 2017

My first month in the US

Welcome to my blog!

Omaha old market-my favourite place so far

The first month in the US was crazy, I lived in 2 families, 2 cities and entered 2 different schools.

I will first start how that happens, I lived in Lamoni little city in Iowa. It was a beautiful city, the high school I was entering has around 90 kids, it's very small, but after few days I loved it. In that time I become a cheerleader, made awesome friends for life and started studying in English, I had a gym in the basement of the house I was living, I was basically living my dream. But at the same time, I had big issues with the family I was staying by, life is not always perfect. And from my point of view, I would never recommend this agency to anyone, they were completely against me, and the saddest thing was, that the family was talking behind my back...

So one night I got a message that I will be moving in 2 days, right after I met the best people.. I was very sad, I didn't even know where am I moving, I got the placement information the night I moved in my new home. So at one point I was sitting in the car leaving Lamoni and in few hours I got an information I am staying this night with the agent, just this whole month was so stressful for me and I was hoping everything will be finally good.

So the next day I met my new family and let me say I love them! It's a little girl who is 8 years old a mother, dog, and a cat. She is so cute and I love her. I am in my home just a week but the agency told me they are sending me a warning letter... I just can't handle the stress anymore, it's very hard, but I hope it will be worth it! Everyone thinks how terrible I am, and that just make me said, I was never rude to someone, people just don't get how hard it is.

Anyways, I am now living in Council Bluffs, Iowa around 3 hours from Lamoni and around 10 minutes from Omaha, Nebraska. It's definitely cool to try live in 2 different places but it's hard.

My school has around 1 000 kids so its overwhelming let me say, and I cant join any sport. I love the gym but it's very hard with transport here, so I am still trying to make it work, hopefully, it will be better soon.

Here are some photos enjoy!