Exchange Student Arrives

The biggest change for us this fall is the arrival of our exchange student, Mona, from a suburb of Nuremburg, Germany. She is 16 and in the 11th grade this year. She is getting acquainted with friends at school and so far has an active social life. She and Nora are so alike (both the oldest of two girls) that we feel we are getting a preview of things to come. It is great fun to have her here and see first hand how she is dealing with all the changes/cultural adjustment.


This picture is of Mona (far right) and her fellow exchange students in the Mankato area (Vicki, Belgium, and Tim & Johannes, Germany).


This is Mona's sister, Leonie, and her dad, Jochen. Notice the U of M t-shirts. They had a student from the Twin Cities living with them for a few weeks this summer and he brought gopher gear for everyone. They decided to take and send us these pictures after they found out we were UMN alums and Golden Gopher fans!


Mona's mom, Christine, with Mona's pet rabbit.