Hey everyone! I know it's been so long, I tend to forget about writing sorry! Although, it has been snowing like crazy here (We're on snow day #8) and it's a perfect time to update the blog :) First off, I realized this morning that a week and 3 months from now I will be returning to the States. It's blows my mind to think that this experience is already half-way over. So much has happened and so much is yet to come. I have been blessed with a host family that has a passion for travel and in the next 3 months I will be going to Paris (on Wednesday, ahh! :), Rome, Florence, Austria and maybe a couple other places.
Before all the traveling starts though, I thought I'd fill you in on what has been going on the past couple months. After Christmas break, school went back to normal and though nothing super noteworthy happened, I did notice that speaking is becoming easier. Now I speak to my host family almost solely in Italian and am beginning to understand movies without subtitles, which is much more difficult than I anticipated. We watch movies here almost everyday, and I'm finding that it's one of the best ways to keep learning a language, just by watching and listening all the time. It's such a great feeling to finally be able to start communicating well after 5 months. I noticed it much more this month, like when I see friends or stay with the family, I can have conversations that aren't one-sided and confusing anymore and that has been so encouraging :)
I know this is short, but I'll keep everyone filled in these next couple of months and hope everyone here and at home is doing well!
Best,
Kailey
