New Family

Whoever said that change is a bad thing must have had a terrible life. But I'm having great luck this year!! The changes make it interesting, and I appreciate that.

Saturday was moving day. After I packed up ALL of my stuff (there was a lot), and loaded it into the car, my first host mom drove me across town to my new house. My new host parents greeted us at the door. They are a wonderful family, very sweet and helpful. The parents speak almost to English to me because I asked them to speak only Czech. Their college aged son, Kuba, spent a year in Canada so he has almost perfect English. We still speak Czech most of the time though. He seems happy to teach me new phrases that I dont know, which is great. The more teachers I accumulate, the better.

The house is in the 'Czech Quarter' of town, even though the entire town is Czech. I can walk to school every morning now, because it is only 5 minutes away on foot. The view from my window is the downtown square and some of the housing sector.

My host dad is a heart doctor here in Trutnov, and a sweet, soft spoken guy with a clever sense of humor. My host mom is a 'drug dealer'. Yeah, I had the same shocked reaction. Dont worry, its all legal. She travels around the north part of the country, telling hospitals which are the best medicines to buy. She is the life of the party type person, and great fun to talk to because she is so animated. Kuba (short for Jacob) goes to college in Prague, but is on break until the middle of February. He has decorated the room I'm staying in with all sorts of Canadian stuff, which is a good reminder of all my new Canadian friends, and newly Canadian friend (you know who you are).