Dear family,

I'm I. I am writing you this letter so that you can get to know me a little hoping to have this experience with you.
I am 16 years old and live in a small italian town a little far from my school. I study human sciences.
My parents are separated so I live with my mom and my cat during the week while on weekends I stay with my dad.
I am very lucky to live in a big house with three apartments, on the ground floor is me and my mum, on second floor live my granny and on the top floor live my uncle with my aunt. We often spend time together with my aunt and uncle and my grandmother especially for big lunches and dinners: at home during winter and in the garden in the summer time.
Since I was very little I enjoy to spend a summer month with my grandparents on my father side: they live in a cute town by the seaside.

I don't have siblings but I would have loved to have a brother or sister. The long time friendship have with A compensate the fact that I do not have any sibling: we have known each other since we were little we have always been best friends and for me she is like a family member.
I have a good relationship with my parents especially with my mom. We usually get along well and we like to spend time together.
I am a very cheerful and sociable person, I like to talk and meet new people, I am very talkative.
I am independent and like to be alone but I love going out and being with my friends much more.
I am very determined and enthusiastic but I think a lot before taking a decisions.

I like to keep myself busy during the day and go out often with friends and family although when I can I don't give up my afternoon nap.
I love to travel a lot, I like to see new places, go to museums and have new experiences.
I really love food and I like to eat in fact I like to travel also because I love to try typical food.
I really like to do sports, I practiced competitive artistic gymnastics for 8 years and it is my greatest passion in fact I would love to take advantage of this year abroad to start practicing it again.
I also like to walk and swim, I love the sea very much in fact I would also like to do some water sports.
I also like to write and draw in fact if there were I would like to join some clubs besides sports.

At school I like humanities in particular subjects especially philosophy and human sciences in fact I would like to study one of these at university.
In my typical day I wake up at 6 a.m. I get ready and take the train and underground to school. I finish school at 2 p.m. and the I go home to have lunch with my grandmother.
In the afternoon I tend to sleep for an hour because after school I am really tired and then I study and do my homework or go out with my friends or work out at home because this year unfortunately I don't do sports or I cook something.
I really like baking especially lately I have baked cookies many times for my family and for friends and neighbours.
When I go out with my friends during the week we mostly go to the library to study or to a caffe to have tea or a coke.
Instead when we go out on the weekend sometimes we go to restaurants sometimes we go to the cinema often we go shopping or often we go to someone's house.

I'd love to have this experience because I am very curious I want to learn a new language well learn about your culture your way of living and studying. This experience will allow me to grow more indipendent and mature.
I would like to spend a fun year having many new experiences, spending time with family and hopefully with my new friends.
This is my presentation, I have tried to tell you all the most important things I hope I have not forgotten anything.
In the meantime I thank you for reading it and showing interest in my profile and I thank you infinitely for considering to taking me in.
Thank you again.

Hope to see you soon.

Interested in hosting—whether 6-8 weeks or the entire school year?