I hate jetlag

I am so incredibly tired. 
It's my third day here and I am still so so so tired. I hope it goes away soon. 
Everything is great so far, nice family, nice kids, nice room. 
I don't have a phone yet, or know my way around which makes things a bit harder but hopefully in the next few days I will get everything figured out. In the mean time I will try to be less tired ;)


happy new year :D

I haven't posted in december yet :3

nothing much to write about I guess. so here are some pictures of christmas lights. 

only a few more days until turkey :)

Making Plans.

I've been thinking a bit the past few weeks. I thought it would be nice to spend all of 2013 abroad. A year is a long time to commit to one family in one place without knowing how the situation is going to play out. You can only get to know a family so well over email and Skype  Maybe I'm just being too cautious because of last time but I've heard other girls say the same. You can't really know until you get there. 

I thought it would be really nice to spend the year in a few different places. Most countries allow 90 days at a time. I'm going to start off in Istanbul and go from there. See where it takes me and how far I can go. I bought a one way ticket to encourage myself to make it happen (it was also half the price, but) 

Yesterday I had a lovely chat on Skype with an Italian family who lives in Varese. We got along so well and by the end of the call we ended up agreeing I would come stay with them in March, when my 90 days in Istanbul are over. They seem so nice and genuine, we laughed a lot which was great. I am already looking forward to staying with them. 

So there is 6 out of 12 months. half way there :)

Booked the Ticket.

I'll be leaving from Detroit on Friday, December 28th and arriving in Istanbul Saturday morning.


:)

My books came~

Getting pretty excited flipping through the pages and reading about the city :)

Istanbul it is.

Had a skype call Sunday with the family with the 2 older kids (it happened to be the daughters birthday, she turned 9) They were so nice. Very warm and inviting. I talked with the mom mostly and a tiny bit with the kids. The boy is almost fluent in English and the girl needs to improve a little the mom said.
Not only do the kids speak Turkish and English, they are learning German in school!

It was a quick call (15 minutes) but it went so well and she said they would love to have me come au pair for them. We've exchanged a few emails between last night and this morning.

So, off to Istanbul I go :) I'll leave a few days after Christmas. I'll stay at least 3 months, possibly longer depending on a few things.

pretty confident I've found a host family

:)