Chapter 2

I JUST GOT PLACED WITH A FAMILY!!! And I am freaking out a little bit (in a good way)! I will be living in Caltagirone, Sicily. (Sicily is what I call the "soccer ball" off the "boot" of Italy) It's a stunningly, beautiful place; I mean just look at this:

I have two younger siblings, but I'm only the oldest by a matter of months. My sister, Alessia, just turned 15 (so we're only 3 months apart), and my little brother, Andrea, will be 14 this summer. My host mom, Antonella, is a teacher and my father, Luca, works somewhere in the city. From what my sister told me this morning they live in the countryside, about 5k (about 3 miles) away from the city.