Summer holidays (August)

These last week has been amazing I feel like I achieved a lot :) I participated in the 9km walk or run for Montecampione ( the mountain we are at ) I just about died but it was good to participate and I ended up coming 15th from over 50 participants it was good and a great personal achievement as I don't think I would have ever thought about doing that in Australia :) my host mum and I also went and seen a band play, they were called the vipers and they did a tribute for queen and well I knew just about every song :) my host mum was so surprised because she thought the music was too old for me and I just explained about how when you have a dad and cousins and uncles and peoples that listen to it sometimes we catch on. :) but it was amazing they were Italian and they played so well :) i woke up with a sore throat from yelling but that's half the fun :) my host mum bought me the new Harry Potter book and I love it I finished in 2 days and now she is readying it she buys me so much and says hapoy birthday or merry Christmas and it reminds me of what my parents do for me :) still loving my host family and the mountains only there's hardly any internet and so it makes it hard to communicate with people that I need to and for my host siblings no internet is like the end of the world !!! But it's been a great time. We also celebrated my host nonna's birthday in which I helped my little host brother make her a bread basket :)  but it was good they are so formal when it comes to birthdays. My host uncle and 2 of his kids came to stay with us he taught me lots and we all had lots of fun :) i joined in a night hike which was fun but tiring and extremely dark :) we started at 9 and decides to go until 11 and well it was worth it but very slippery and I fell but shit happens and I not hurt but it was beautiful. My host mum asked if she can keep me for longer and I hope I can because I quite enjoy living with this family :) But will see what happenes :) I will go and stay with Adrian Edwards soon so that will be good speak English again :) then stay with a few friends in Milan hopefully I am excited.. Walked a 27 km hike with my host mum and brother up a mountain and when I say up I mean like / <-- this up like think of steep and times it by 100 .. I felt like my legs were going to fall off. But I'm alive and so That's what I been doing I hope all is well and will keep updated soon ❤️

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Ciao tutti :)
Sorry haven't been updating a lot it's not because I forgot about you all I promise just I am currently living in the mountains where the reception is shocking and my phone refuses to work properly up here it's never been so high above sea level :) the house I'm staying at until the 25th of August is 1400km above sea it's so crazy it dropped 4 degrees just coming up so it's nicer :) I been on 2 hikes that just about killed me but hey I'm still living !!!!! Me and my host siblings become so many close living here like my sister was the one I had to win over but the other day she asked me to do her eyebrows the other day :) I was so happy because her mum said she doesn't even let her do them, I swear I was so happy but also we have pillow fights just about everyday and I play soccer with little brother at a place called Val grande my other brother is studying for an exam he has on the 25th  so I help him sometimes I just ask him questions about storia ( history)  and pretend like I know what he is saying because he talks so fast but I know he knows what he's talking about :) let's hope, my host mum and I have always been close since I moved in she and I just sit on the porch and read books( yes believe it or not I started reading )  and she helps with my Italian and I help with her English :) I am really going to miss this family because they are so much like mine in a way, we bicker and sometimes we disagree but they are always there, wish I didn't have to change family :(
I finished my first book for a long time the other day I was so happy and now I'm going to ready the Harry Potter books :) because there's a new one but the book I read was called grey mountain it was a really good one ( in English of course ) but I am also reading Mary poppins sometimes in Italian I don't understand it all but it helps me get used of pronounces  and things like that so just trying to help hit idk why I think I am finding it harder then others to learn Italian but it's okay I'm trying and I know I am so I can only do what I can :) I'm happy with my progress !! Missing my family and all so many people are like "you only have 5 months left " !!!! Yes I do and shhhh please because its going to go so quickly I mean as much as I want to stay because I love this place and it's so beautiful there's so much history and so much to see and do :) but I can't wait to give my mum and my dad and my sisters and everyone a great big hug as well as all me friends and family and see everyone again it seems like only yesterday I was saying goodbye :/ to everyone and in 5 months I am going to be back home supposed to be getting a job and working or university which I haven't completely made up my mind about but if I do go I am going to after a year or so.
Well I'm enjoying the mountains and having fun it's good to be able to experience this as well on my exchange I have had so many experiences for example the other day the sewer was full and literally shit was going everywhere !! It was so gross after 30 or so years they decided to clean it out !!! Was gross but well shit happens ;) bad pun huh 👌🏼😂🇦🇺 to finish il tell you a story :)
So I have never laughed so much in my life the other day my host mum started screaming and of course I ran to see what happened and she said she seen a snake and it was huge !! I asked her how big she thought it was and where she seen it !! She ( holding an axe ) pointed to the garden and said its about as big as your foot !!  I just laughed and said its about 30 cm long she looked at me she was so terrified !!! I couldn't stop laughing she handed me the axe and said your Australian your used to handling big animals you kill it and we'll I killed it and then sat down and explained to her how big snakes get in Australia :/ he face was priceless !!! She is such an amazing person but I guess people just aren't used to the wildlife like we are in Australia :) well howl you enjoy and I'll update when I can next :) miss everyone and all love you