Lukes Wanderlust

Alzey, Germany | 23/04/2009

So last Friday I received a strange E-Mail in my inbox, and I didn’t realize what it was until staring at the subject line for a few seconds. “WG: Outbound hostin information” is what it read. Keep in mind, this was very early in the morning. I opened the message to see, “Dear Luke, I am your YEO of the RC Alzey. Me and our club are looking forward to meet you in Summer. I am sure you will have a good time here in Alzey. In the next week you will receive a letter from your guest brother with more information.”

Last week I had a very bad ear infection and my spirits were not high. Now normally, when I check my E-Mail I get my hopes very up thinking that I might kind out my host district, but I find out my CITY, and that I have a HOST BROTHER? This was very shocking to me and put me in one of the best moods ever. After telling my parents, I come to my computer again to find that my host brother has sent me an E-Mail. It turns out that when I am in Alzey, he’ll be somewhere here in the states. I do have a younger host sister, so I won’t be the only young’n in the household. Both of my hostparents are teachers. 

A little bit about Alzey: It’s situated in the state of Rheinland-Pfaltz, about an hour south of Frankfurt. This places it in Rotary district 1860. This town is big on wine making, just like Hillsboro. That might come in handy . It has a population of about 18,000, about one-fifth the size of my city. It’s going to be a change, but it will be a good change . My school is Gymnasium am Römertskastell Alzey. I don’t know much about it, other than it is one of the older schools in my city.

I hope to be finding more about my host family and city very soon !