95 Ambassadors from 31 Countries

People of different nationalities are sitting together in the hotel lobby, talking about their experiences of their exchange year, which creates a strong, never experienced bond between us.

Name tags from all our countries!

It’s an overwhelming feeling of community that makes me smile non-stop, especially when we had our own “Olympics-like” presentation of our 31 different countries. The most represented ones are Thailand and Russia. Also the volunteers of Belo have a connection to exchange programs.

My favorite thing today was that I could meet all those 95 ambassadors from those countries. It’s a fulfillment of my dream to meet teens for all over the world, spread now around the U.S.  It’s so hard though to keep all those names in your brain.

Thanks to my early arrive I got to know to some people closer over breakfast and lunch and welcome the ones who dropped in all hours.

After dinner the usual orientation followed though with stories that made us laugh.

We’re juiced to conquer the Big City which never sleeps!

Buena note! Gute Nacht! Spokojni Notschi! Buenas noches! Good night!

-- Vikoria, Switzerland