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Das Schuljahr von August 06 bis Juni 07 verbrachte ich als Austauschschülerin in den USA und veröffentlichte hier in diesem Blog wöchentlich meine Erlebnisse. Anlässlich meiner Maturaarbeit entschloss ich mich, meine Tagebucheinträge in korrektes Deutsch umzuschreiben, auszubessern und anzureichern und als "traditionelles" Tagebuch zu veröffentlichen.

So haben Sie nun die Wahl, die Originaleinträge (Schweizerdeutsch und Englisch) auf diesem Blog zu lesen (rechts im Menü finden Sie eine Archivübersicht), oder sich mein Buch "Living abroad - Mein Jahr in Amerika. Tagebuch einer Austauschschülerin" als PDF Datei herunterzuladen und bequem zu Hause auszudrucken. Das Buch können Sie auf dieser Webseite herunterladen: http://www.fileuploadx.de/433086. Einfach kurz warten und danach auf "Download File Now" klicken.

Natürlich interessiert mich Ihre Meinung. Lassen Sie mich via E-Mail (katja.fiechter@hotmail.com) wissen, wie Ihnen das Buch oder die Weblogeinträge gefallen haben. Auch bei Fragen können Sie sich gerne an mich wenden.
Ich wünsche viel Spass beim Lesen,
Katja Fiechter

So, after spending 5 wonderful days in New York City, and 3 great weeks in Florida with my parents, I'm finally back home =)
Now that I've been home for 2 weeks, I feel like I've never been gone. Okay, sometimes I still feel kinda like a stranger, or an observer, but now I think I'm pretty much back in the Swiss life.
I really really miss speaking English though. I am totally in love with that language, and in the beginning it was hard for me to accept not being able to speak it all the time. But I'm still in contact with my host family and friends from the US, I read a lot of books and journals in English, and sometimes I think in English - just because I can and because sometimes it's easier. To me it seems like I can express feelings better in English for some reason...

Well, anyway, now I am back here in beloved Switzerland. I have my room back, my bed, my computer :) And, most importantly, I have my family and my friends back =)

This entry here should kinda put an end to this weblog. It certainly does not put an end to my exchange year - the memories are gonna be with me forever in my life. I am so glad that I decided to do it, and I'll surely never regret it! Everybody who's thinking about going to another country for sometime (no matter if it's 2 months or 3 years) - do it! It won't always be easy, but it's definitely gonna be worth it!

Last week I opened up a new weblog about my life here back in Switzerland. It's actually for my friends back in the US (it's written in English), but everybody's welcome to check it out:
http://k-swiss.blogspirit.com :)

I wish everybody much success with whatever you're doing. If you'd like to write me an email, feel free to do so. My email address is katie.usa@hotmail.com.

It was great having you as a reader,
Katja =)

I just got home from my last day of school... and it kinda feels so... incomplete. I had 2 Exams today, and that was pretty much it. No sitting around in a class room, eating cake and watching TV. Not that I necessarily would want to watch a movie or eat cake, it's more about sitting together with people you won't see for a while (in my case a long while I assume). I wish I could have really said bye, or really realise what's going on. Because ppl with a car could leave school 15 min. early, and Martine & I had to get a ride from Lindsay, I couldn't even say bye to most of my friends, some of the teachers etc. It makes the whole Last Day of School thing feel very incomplete. I'm still kind of mad that I didn't get the chance to say good - bye, to go to my locker for one last time, or to slowly walk through the hallways and take in everything I see... Luckily I'll have a "Good-Bye K-Swiss" Party tomorrow, where I will at least see my closer friends again, and then next week is Graduation and a couple of Graduation parties where I'll hopefully will see a few more people again.
Wow, summerbreak! So surreal! And the fact that my exchange year is almost over even more! Okay, I probably should stop writing cuz it ends up in some psychological thing every time I do lol ;) I guess I'll just try to start realizing what's going on, prepare the party, then ejoy the party & later tell yall how it was =) Cuz right now I still feel like I'm in a bubble, or in a dream or something...
Well yeah, yall enjoy your weekends!
Katja