Hello, My name is Marielle and I’m an exchange student for Rotary International. I love doing sports (Ultimate Frisbee is my favourite), drinking tea, playing with my pets, and watching cartoons. I also love new experiences and place, so I know that this exchange is for me.
I’m from Vancouver and I’m sponsored by the Lionsgate and the North Vancouver Rotary clubs. For my exchange I'm going to the town of Caldes de Montbui, it is a town right outside of Barcelona, Spain. I think it's a small town but I'm not sure... in 2001 it had about 15,000 people but I'm not sure if it has grown a lot in these past 11 years.
This is the town!!
My town also has a coat of arms!!
I am so excited for this exchange, though I'm a little scared for it. I don't know any Spanish or Catalan; I know French but I'm not sure if that will help. I'm hoping if I'm really friendly people will look over the fact I can't speak Spanish/Catalan.
I'm not the only one doing an exchange in my Rotary district (5040), in fact there are 13 people doing it all together. 3 people are going to Brazil, 2 people going to France, 2 people going to Belgium, 1 person going to Italy, 1 person going to the Netherlands, 1 person going to Taiwan, and 1 person going to Sweden. I know 2 people have already gone to Brazil and are having lots of fun!!
Here are some of my exchange friends blogs:
