I'm Here!

So I'm here in India now and it is amazing. It is exactly as I pictured it. Crazy traffic and I mean crazy. Street vendors on the side of the road. People riding motorcycles. Brightly colored advertisements. It's awesome. And the scenery and nature is beautiful. We're right by the beach, and it is pretty too, though supposedly dangerous. The people are very nice and friendly. It's just a great place. I haven't had much jet lag yet, so that is good. It's my second day here today.
My host family is very nice. Their last name is Jena. This is sort of funny, but very easy to remember. I have a host mother, father, and seven year old sister. They are very nice to me, and I can already feel myself opening up to them. I'm sure I'll end up having a great relationship with them by the end of my trip. My mother is a banker and I think my father is an architect of some kind.
I think they are quite well-off compared to some of the other host families other people on the trip have. I can use toilet paper; other families are asking that you do not use toilet paper because it will clog the toilets. Speaking of toilets, they have more bathrooms than bedrooms. Which I find amusing.
We start school next Friday, I can't wait for that. Before then we will be touring the city and stuff. We were fitted for uniforms today and we got our cell phones. It is free to talk to the people on the trip and anyone else with that service but I have to pay to make other calls. Actually, when people call me (even internationally) it is free for me as well. But, international calls are expensive. One of our teachers tried it with his wife and for them six minutes was like forty-five dollars. So I think I'll be using Skype.
Well, I don't really have much else to say. The country is amazing. My family is wonderful. When more happens I shall write!
Much Love,
~ Jenna