Here is the link to the post: http://carolineduncombe.blogspot.com/2013/05/last-afs-orientation-in-el-masnou.html
It talks about how their last orientation was with people that would soon be leaving, like me. We just had the same orientation in America!
The orientation was so much fun. I wasn't really expecting it to be much. I didn't really even think too much about it, but it even furthered my excitement for Spain! I got to talk to all of these fascinating people that are just like me and love languages, new experiences, and traveling. My favorite part was definitely meeting the people who had been living in the U.S. this year. It was sad to me to see how much they didn't want to go home and how that would be me in a year. We did some really cool activities and went over safety and the usual.
One particular exercise we did that was really interesting to me was where you had to have a 5 minutes conversation with someone while both of your toes were touching. For people of different countries, it was not as awkward, but for us Americans, it was very uncomfortable. I found myself leaning backwards the whole time, but two guys from Europe had no trouble at all. It just shows you perspective of things.
I met a new friend named Caroline who will be in Italy for a year. We found that we had a lot in common and hope to hang out again before we see each other in New York on September 6th. We have also planned to try and visit each other while we are abroad. We will see how that works out.
Even just staying for one night in Florida with all these amazing people, I learned so much from them and have so much respect for them. We all got along so well, and I'm glad that I have people to talk to about anything now. I still have kept in touch with many of them and plan to continue to do so.
