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A happy Danish
host family for 14 years and how it all
ended.
How to survive being a host family:
You
have to be outgoing.
Adjustable to new habits is a must.
Busy fast food families – forget it.
Your benefits:
It
keeps you young.
You make new friends.
It widens your horizons.
It improves your English and keeps it updated.
The drawbacks:
Your
private life gets less private.
It just might end disastrous.
The Shock
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The prize:
We
are still in contact with half of the 35 students who stayed with us.
9 mothers came from US to visit their student daughters
here.
We attended 3 weddings in US.
We have visited 13 students and 6 families
in US - a few more than once.
We have enjoyed revisits from 5 former students. A few more than once.
Anna, now 4
years old, visited us first time the Summer 2006 with her mum - an US- DIS student
from 1996
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e-mail:
family@dishostfamily.dk
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In Danish
www.dishostfamily.dk
www.dishostfamily.net
A happy experience ended in a
shock for a lifetime
or check
The Fate of a Host
Family (.pdf)
What is DIS? Denmark´s International Study
Program gives English spoken study abroad courses
Anna's visit in 2006
Kirsten Mahr / Leif Olsen
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