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Mara T.

Hometown: Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin

Mara T. is a 17 year old exchange student from the South of Germany. She spends her exchange year in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a small town between Chicago and Milwaukee. Her host family consists of her host parents Frank and Melissa, her host sister Grace (an exchange student from Thailand), their puppy Kiah, and their chickens.

 

 

Posts

Celebrating the New Year

By Mara T.

Happy New Year! This month's blogpost I do not only want to talk about our New Years celebration on December 31, but also the Lunar New Year that I celebrated... keep reading

Christmas in the U.S.

By Mara T.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year everybody! My December revolved, as most of yours probably did too, around Christmas. It was an amazing and very exciting time for me... keep reading

My trip to Washington D.C.

By Mara T.

Welcome to my November blogpost! I am here in the U.S. with the "PPP/ CBYX-Program", which is a scholarship program funded and administered by the government of the U.S. and... keep reading

My personal “American firsts”

By Mara T.

Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Mara, I'm 17 years old, from a small town in the South of Germany, and I'm currently spending my exchange year... keep reading