My dear future host family! I'm already looking forward to meet you. To sit next to you at the dining table, to share something new with you and become a part of your family during my exchange year. If you ask any of my friends or family member who knows me really good to describe me they'd say "oh she never stops talking". Yes, I may seem shy at first since the situation and atmosphere is completely new and foreign to me. But believe me, in less than two weeks I will already chat with you about everything and anything in the world.Actually, I believe my sociability is my superpower, but it can also be a bit overwhelming for some people, since I can be loud and a little overly energetic. I'm also a very polite person. I would never disrespect your personal boundaries, feelings or family traditions, especially since I'm a guest in your home. A quality I also like in myself is being open-minded. I'm always up to new experience, meeting new people and trying something I didn't even know existed. I want to believe that I'm a tidy person because I dislike nothing more than mess in my space. But as much as I dislike the mess, I’m not a fan of cleaning up either, so I just have to push myself to do it every day. In my free time I try to cook because it's so relaxing for me, even if I mess up sometimes. Though the carbonara I cook is really something else. My motivation to go to exchange year is actually so basic and may seem corny. But I was practically raised by pop culture. Watching American movies since I was a kid where students were shown as careless teenagers who only thought about soccer match after school and I couldn't even dream about getting there someday. And even though my life isn't a movie, having that American school experience is all I could ever dream about and more. My dear future hosts! I don't know who you are yet. Don't know how you look like, how you act or little quirks and traditions you have. But I know one thing for sure: you guys will change my life forever. You will open a new page of my story, a door to a completely new world for me. And you can't even imagine how grateful and exited I am. Letting a completely stranger like me in your life and in your home is really brave in my opinion. And all I can say now is thank you. Thank you for accepting me as a little part of your family and letting me live that American dream even just for a year! Best wishes, Veronika