Today was my first day of school! It was really short,
only 2 hours long, but I was worn out! I had homeroom for 50 minutes and met
some of my classmates and got my schedule for this week. I was going to have to
take Latin, German, French, and
English, but fortunately, my teacher said I can drop Latin. Right after
homeroom, our French teacher came in. (In Austria, us students stay in one
classroom and the teachers rotate to each room.) This is my peers’ 5th
year of French, and I have only taken 3 so far. It was difficult trying to
remember all my French from previous years, let alone trying to learn it now in
German. I trust I will catch on fast!
Afterwards the day was done with at school, and I
walked home and decided to get some exercise. I rode 10km on my bike, then the
same route running, and did it a 3rd time on a bike again! Felt
great right before lunch! Later in the afternoon I went over to a friend of my
host sister’s and met their exchange student, a girl from Thailand who also
goes to my school in Knittelfeld! She is very nice and I look forward to seeing
her around school. And finally, at 18:00 I had my first swim practice! I met
all the kids on the team; they are all fairly young but seem cool! I felt
fantastic being able to train again! The swimming program here seems quite
good- plenty of practices and a good coaching staff in a small, well kept
swimming facility.
I am very pleased the school year got off to such a
great start! I look forward to what this year’s education will bring!
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