Roof Garden at the MET Looking Over Central Park

Out of Hibernation and into the Spring!

Many people have recently been asking me when I will be posting a new blog... and here it is! The much anticipated Next Blog! I can only apologise for being so neglectful, but as I have been back to England twice since my previous blog, I mostly caught up with everyone who wanted to know what I have been up to.

For those who don't know, here's a brief summary:

I went home for Christmas -- surprising all my friends!

In January we had a LOT of snow (almost 8inches), and I went to Philadelphia for the weekend (in -17C temperatures, I may hasten to add!), and went Line Dancing (not that I was any good at it!). I also started a new spanish class at college (hola!)

In February, I was heading back home again - just for one week

 and went Snow Tubing (which is kind of like sledging, but you use a large donut shaped ring instead)

March, the weather started to get slightly warmer (although we did

 have a few days of snow) and I visited the Jersey Shore for the first time and Joe came to New York where I met up with him! I also started a Linguistics class at college, which I love. 

April, came and the weather started to get better and this month I've been to the newly opened TOPSHOP in Soho, New York. Over the Easter weekend I went to Washington, DC! Our cluster meeting for this month was a scavenger hunt in New York between loads of different clusters and we split up into groups -- my team won for our cluster of course! Then we had a brief preview of summer, where we had about 5 days where the weather was 28-32C (absolutely gorgeous!) and I visited the Jersey shore again (when it was warmer this time), sunbathed in Central Park and visited the genuine English Fish and Chip shop in Greenwich Village :)

So I've been pretty busy really.

My biggest news though, is that I have decided to stay out here for another year! My host family are all really pleased (especially the kids!) becuase I would not have even been with them for a year if I left in July. So now my new date to come home is the end of August 2010! Which means I'll be 20 before I return to England - in your second year you can't leave the country, due to my visa being expired... but I can work there legally. Anyone is welcome to come and visit me though! (hint hint!)

Another post is on the way with more details about DC!

Charlotte xx

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