Outbound Exchange Student - Brianna Layden (2012-2013)
Larry Kanters gave a brief update on our outbound exchange student Brianna Layden (she of the red Canadian blazer) who has been in Germany since August.
Larry said Brianna was staying in a town called Schleiden which is close to Cologne located not too far from the Belgium and Dutch border. Brianna reported having a few rough patches of home sickness which is a common exchange student malady and was having some challenges with the German language since her Teutonic linguistic knowledge was limited before she left Canada. She reports major improvements on both fronts. She also mentioned she was with her 3rd host family. Brianna said she finds it is interesting an eerie that she is in areas where less than 100 years ago bombs were falling as evidenced by the bomb holes and that there are fields nearby where tanks had been driven and soldiers marched and many people likely died. She adapting well now and having fun and getting ready for her eagerly anticipated big German trip.