34 days.

Cześć!

Hi all, I’m Mara Minicozzi, and I’m a rising junior at Georgetown University. I’m majoring in Italian with a probable French minor, and I love foreign language in general. I also love dance, eating/cooking, reading, listening to music, and all those other generally vague things that people say.

So despite the varying reasons we may have had in choosing LE Poland, we’re all here hoping to have one of the most exciting and interesting summers ever. I can’t believe it’s just 5 weeks (35 days!!) away, and I couldn’t be more nervous and excited at the same time. I’m also somewhat intimidated by the prospect of teaching various ages/levels of English – I have 30 kids ranging from ages 6-16. Like Evelyn, I was also thinking of bringing a few American magazines for the kids.

One thing I’m really looking forward to is meeting my host family! I’ll be living in the Bieszczady region, I believe in the town of Ustrzyki Dolne. My host mom (Lucyna Sobanska) already added me on skype, which I thought was cool. She and her husband have 3 children (2 boys ages 15 & 17 and a daughter age 18) along with a dog. The one thing I’m worried about is staying with a family whose language I don’t speak, but I know I’ll find a way around it. The children are learning English at school, so hopefully I’ll have just a bit more than hand gestures in my arsenal. I’m planning on teaching myself a tiny bit of the basics before going so I feel less completely clueless and can at least say my please’s and thank you’s.

I can’t wait to meet all of you, but until then, do widzenia!

~Mara

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