CBYX, Explained

I was looking at my other posts and realized I never really explained what CBYX is, exactly. So here goes: CBYX stands for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, and is a program funded by the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag. Each year, for about ten months, 250 American students go to Germany and 250 German students come to America. No, a German student won't be coming to live in my house while I'm away. I don't "trade places" with anyone, but that would be cool. Anyways, in about a month I'm going to get the information on my host family, who I'll live with for the majority of the year. Students are placed in small towns and attend the local public high school. The classes are taught in german, and the student can only return home in the event of an emergency. Family can visit after January 2nd. To start the program, there's a  three-day orientation in Washington D.C., followed by a three-week language and culture camp. There's so much more I could say, but this is the jest of it. I'm so excited. Sometimes I'll still just smile and shake my head, thinking I'm actually going to Germany. Wow. I know I'll get tons of papers, important booklets, and that sort of thing, and I'm working on my german, I can now conjugate verbs in the present tense. *pats self on back*. I've got a lot more to do before I leave in exactly 130 days, but then again, I have 130 days to do all that needs to be done. Until next time!