Meeting the hostfamilies!

Day 4 - Monday

Hi!

Today we should meet the hostfamilies for the first time, but before that we had some over plans. A bus picked us up at 10 am and then we drove to Golden Brigde, so we had the oppertunities to take a lot of fotos. A man took a group picture of all of us with the bridge in the background. The brigde is not that long compared to the other brigde in the other end of the city, but Golden Bridge is beautiful because it is red and pretty tall. After Golden Bridge we drove to Muir Moods, which is natural forest where the trees are really old and tall. To get to the parking lot in front of the entrance to Muir Woods, you have to drive at small, twisted roads. 

Muir Woods was really beautiful and peaceful! The color green defiantly dominated your sight, and a little stream ran through the earth. 

After an hour in Muir Woods we were in the bus again - this time towards John Steinbeick museum in Salinas. As I have been writing earlier, we had masterclasses before the trip. In one of them we heard about the very famous American writer John Steinbeck. Some of his work includes 'The Pearl', 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes of Wrath'. The bus driver had some problems with finding the right way, so he drove a little bit more than he should. Anyway, we came to the museums after Sofie helped him with Google Maps. 

It was a nice museum where you were allowed to tuch everything. 

We finally drove towards Menlo Park where school is located. Suddenly the bus stopped at the high way, because of some problems. But it was able to drive again normaly pretty sohn after we stopped. 

We arrived at Menlo Atherton High School around 6 p.m, where the families turned up one by one - each family brought a dish for the putlock. I was pretty nervous and excited to meet the family. But they were really sweet and friendly! The family consist of the father Massimilano, the mother Lucia, the daughter Marta (she is the one I am going to follow in the school) and the son Georgio. After a woman took a group picture of all the Danish and American students, we drove to a local supermarket - then home to the Fatica house. Their house is really cozy, and the size of the house was normal compared to the rest of the houses in the are. I got my own rome, and they had been laying towels and the table. 

The rest of the evening I spend of eating some Ben&Jerry, watched Tv with Marta and talken to her. 

Looking forward for tomorrow to see how a typical high School is.

Bye for now!