Dear host family,

My name is Sophia and I’m 15 years old. If I should say it myself I would say that I am polite, happy, patient, honest and sometimes shy but I am working on that.

I would like to do an exchange year in the USA because I would like to get better at English, and get more out of my comfort zone. I would also like to experience the american culture and to live in another family and take part in the traditions. There are many in my family that have done an exchange year and they have said many good things about it. I would be very grateful to the family that would take me in and I will make my part in taking part in the daily family life.

I live with my family in a house near the capital. My family consists of my dad, my mom, my big brother who is 17 years old and my twin brother named Luca who is 15 years old. We also have a lovely cat named Martha who is 3 years old.

I’ve been to the USA two times and I think it’s a beautiful country, and the people are open and sweet. I would love to get to know the culture more and how it is living there.

My parents always have projects on the house and it always gets more beautiful and functional. They also like to go on walks down to the beach or in the forest. Sometimes my parents kayak or do winter bathing, together or with some of their friends.

My brother Luca also likes to kayak and he kayaks many times a week. My big brother likes to go to fitness with friends. My brothers and I have a very close relationship and it is nice we often play games together, play in the pool together when we are on vacation, or play in the snow when we are on winter vacation.

My favorite subject in school is Danish. What I like about Danish is to write essays, analyze pictures and texts. I also like biology. What I most like about it is when we talk about the body, I think it is fascinating how the body works. I also like English, and I want to get better at it, because I think that it is a good language to speak because it’s a language that many people speak and that is what people speak in most countries.

In my free time I like to hang out with my friends, we like to go to the beach in the summer or go get an ice cream or go for a walk. I also do my homework in my free time, we get a lot of homework so it can take some time. I used to dance hiphop in the last years but I quit so I have more time to do homework and be with my friends. Right now I am also looking for a job to save up some money for my year in the USA. I also go to the gym with my friends. I also like to be with my family. We like to go winter bathing or go to restaurants. Me and my dad also like to cook so we are often in the kitchen together. We often bake cakes or make dinner together. I love when we are all on vacation together, we go on a ski vacation every year and I love to ski. I had skied since I was a little girl, but I have gotten better and it is fun that I can now go on some of the more challenging slopes. We also go on a summer vacation to warm countries, mostly the south of France or Italy but we have been to many countries and I think that it is really fun to be there with my family. I really enjoy it. I love to try new foods and see new cultures. My favorite tradition is Christmas, we are most often in Denmark and I love the Danish Christmas. We have Christmas together with my dad’s family every other year and my mom’s the other year. I love the Danish traditions. My favorite Christmas food is sugar potatoes, rice pudding and brown biscuits.

I look forward to learn more about the american culture from the inside and not just from what you see in movies. I will be really grateful for the possibility and for the family that will open their home and family to me. I’m looking forward to this exciting experience and hopefully I can give a little inside to danish culture as well.