My AFS-adventure in Czech Republic

Ahoj! Já jsem Hannah a jsem v België. Nemluvím Cesky, ale naucím se! I'm not sure these sentences are correct (there are certainly some accents missing that I can't find on my tablet 😊), but I think that people around me would be able to understand  me. I hope I will improve this language quickly, but it has to be said: Czech is difficult! I remember hating the fact that French words could be masculin or feminine where the adjectives must fit with. Or that you have to hold the nominative,  the accusative,.. in mind when you're speaking German. Well,  Czech has it both! And like they don't find it already hard enough, they decide to make it a little bit harder. Masculine can as example be divided in animate and inanimate: so when the word is masculine (if you even can remember that), you have to look if that 'thing' that you're talking about lives or doesn't live. That defines with which letter the adjective that belongs to that word will e...

Friday morning, my adventure had begun!  Me, my mum and my sister went to the airport where I would leave at 10am . So at 8.30am, we were drinking a coffee or a fruit juice when my sister suddenly saw my flight was delayed! We rebooked and my new departure time was at 16.30pm. I didn't like it at all! I was ready to say goodbye, and then it all changed. We decided to visit Brussels and eat French fries for the last time. After all, it was a nice way to end my summer in Belgium. We went back to the airport and after still an hour of retardation,  I could finally leave! The flight itself was not that long, but I was getting a little bit afraid of what would happen next. But when I arrived, that feeling quickly changed.  I had heard that Czech  people could be really distant , but they instantly hugged me.  Normally, I'm really shy, but when I am nervous, I can actually be very talkactive.  And it was the perfect moment for that to happen! I like talked to ...

I've always longed to this moment: the moment I could walk out the door, discover a new place and meet new people. But now the moment has arrived, I'm pretty nervous. I remember a participant of AFS saying 'it was like jumping in a black hole' and on this moment it actually feels like this. But at the same time, I'm also feeling very excited. Somewhere, I think I like the feeling of not knowing what will happen next. So, tomorrow is the big day for me. This week, I've done everything I should have done before I leave. I've said goodbye to my family and friends, I went shopping to buy some new clothes and shoes and I packed my bags. In the morning, I will leave. I'm also very curious. I wonder if I will make friends, if I will get along with my host family,... Let's hope I will! With all those preparations for my journey, I would totally forget summer holidays will end next week. It's gonna be weird going to a new school without my friends. I...

Hello, My name is Hannah, I am 17 years old and I live in Belgium. I'm very excited, because within a month, I will make one of my biggest dreams come true: studying in another country. Czech Republic is not that far away, but I'm very glad to have this opportunity and I hope this experience will learn me to improve my social skills. This country was one of my choices, because I didn't know much about eastern cultures and I wanted to find out more about. So I hope I will learn a lot by experiencing what I call 'my own adventure'.