RYE Student reporting

Our Rotary Youth Exchange student Sydney Scott reports from Austria: They always say that once you hit the 6 month mark your exchange really peaks, and they are sooo right. I have now been in Austria nearly 7 months even though it feels like 4!! And its amazing. Ive been on summer break now since mid June I think, and still have one month of holidays left. The weather has been gorgeous and I have even managed a tan. The last month or two was filled with pool days, lake trips, and my personal favourites, a trip to Italy and a week later a trip to Greece!! My host family, their friends and my host mums sisters family and I drove down to Venice for a weekend in July and wow, its gorgeous. It was actually really cool to see it with so little tourists because I experienced it in a way I will never be able to again. Then, my host family and I headed off to Crete for two weeks. Ask all my friends and family, Greece has been my number one dream since I was eight so I was verrrry excited. And as you’d expect, it was awesome. For me this trip was filled with a lot of self reflection since I was quite often walking alone the beach alone or watching the sunrise etc. its crazy to look back a year and see how much of a different person I was, but its amazing to see how I’ve grown. I am now back Home from Greece and soon heading to a lake in south Austria for a Rotary week, then a week later off to Croatia. I’m super excited for the next 5 months and to see what new adventures they bring.