Week 31: Time to say goodbye...

Week 31:

My 31st week was the last week i was living with my second host family. It also was the week of my host sister's birthday.

I went to the Miss Club Italia Pageant in Niagara Falls. I've never been to an event like that before and I thought it was crazy! In Austria we would never have an event like that. There were around ten girls participating, all around 16-18 years of age.
In the beginning we went to our tables with some of my family's relatives and had dinner. After that, the whole event started. All the participants came on the stage with a male partner and performed a very awkward dance. It was so funny, because every dance had a theme. For example the 80's, where all the girls wore 80's clothes and danced to "Girls just wanna have fun".
Every girl also had to do a catwalk and answer questions from the jury. The whole event took soooo long, there were slideshows and videos shown, and they even created a short documentation about all the girls. It was so funny and a bit ridiculous.

In the weekend we had a big family party for all the relatives. We celebrated in my host parents' restaurant and had a great time. My second host family has around 30 relatives on both sides so it's a quite big family. But I honestly love every single one of them. My host sisters have many cousins who are around my age, so we always have a blast at family parties. After the tree months, the whole family felt like my real family.

I want to thank the Mascia family for taking such good care of me for the past three months. They took me places, showed me how to live like a Canadian and treated me like their own daughter. My siblings became my best friends and I can't picture life without them. They integrated me and allowed me to take part in everything they did. I love them so much and can't thank them enough for what they have given me.

Thank you! ♥