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Hello to all out there! I am writing to share my friend recent experience of being a host family for a German girl in Canada. Due to a tight working schedule starting right after university she never had the time or chance to go abroad and experience different cultures through a stay abroad. But she always wanted to get in touch with other cultures and learn about them. So she decided to bring the cultural experience to her and her family.
Until last week a German girl who took an English course Canada stayed with them. It was a great adventure and a big success for both sides. Her English was already pretty good as she already took a two-week Sprachkurs Hawai ” last year and they had no problems at all to communicate with her. While she of course was able to further deepen her language skills and to experience the Canadian culture in a Canadian family they also learned a lot about her culture and Europe as a whole. She cooked typical German meals for them and even taught them a little German! In fact her and her daughter (who is almost the same age) became really good friends so her daughter decided to continue the cultural exchange and visit her in Germany next year! There they will explore Germany and after that they are planning on doing a tour through Great Britain together. Can anyone give me advice on how to travel best through the Great Britain? Does anyone have any experience with the British rail passes? I think this is a great chance for her daughter and she was able to see from there guest how much one can gain through such a stay abroad.
All in all this was a great opportunity for them to widen there horizons and she would recommend this to anyone who is open-minded and wants to get in touch with other cultures.
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