International Youth Exchange Expo

Earlier today was the IYE Expo at IPFW! I just wanted to thank everyone who put in all the effort planning the expo and also to those to helped set up and tear down. You guys are awesome. 

I had such a good time hanging out with the other Inbounds/Outbounds. 

Here in this picture is (from left to right) Zuzia from Poland, Bruno from Brazil & I. 

And here is a bigger group of us, (top row, left to right) Hannah who is going to Denmark, me, Kenzie who is going to Germany, & Por who is from Thailand. And in the bottom row is Bruno and Zuzia. 

But the best part of the day was after the Expo. Bruno, Zuzia, Kenzie, & I went to Jefferson Point (it's an outdoor outlet mall). We walked around and got some really good ice cream at Coldstone. I had such a great time with all of them today, and I can't wait to see Bruno and Juna (the Inbound from Belgium) over spring break down in Fort Myers Beach, Florida! 

--Maggie

Outbounds, Shopping and Countdowns!

Today I got together with some of my fellow Outbounds: Sydney (going to Australia), Sophie (going to Denmark), and Kenzie (going to Germany). 

Here is a lovely selfie that Sydney (left) and Sophie (right) took on my phone earlier when we were all out eating lunch. I love how I've gotten so close to all the other Outbounds. They are all such AMAZING women, and their host families will be so lucky to have them. I can't even express how much I am going to miss every one of them. It is so rare that I find people that I like and have such a great time with as I do with them. 

Also, I started using this countdown app to count the days until I leave for exchange. Here is the "current" time:

Isn't that crazy!? 175 DAYS! That just seems like right around the corner. I feel like before I know it, the count down clock will be at 2 days. 

Thanks for reading! 

--Maggie

Hayir Türkçe bilmiyorum

(The title is translated as: I don't speak Turkish.)

Merhaba Everyone! 

Benim adim Maggie. (In English, this is translated as: Hello Everyone! My name is Maggie.) Today, I "officially" started buying books and videos on how to speak Turkish, Turkey travel books, and books describing Turkey's past and how they are structured now. 

These are just two of the four books I have purchased (the other two still haven't arrived from Amazon). I am so excited to start learning more about Turkey!

Thank you for reading!

Maggie Blackwell