Frau Alfons

After touring downtown as a group and becoming familiar with important places, such as the bank and the post office, we met our host families. Before we actually met them, the assistant director told us each a little bit about our host families. To us she said, “Frau Alfons works for a cosmetics company, and you can tell as soon as she walks in the room.”
To be honest we were expecting someone a little more flamboyant, but she is still quite the character. She has traveled around much and (thankfully) speaks substantial English so when we are confused in Deutsch she explains in English. Her grown son and grandson live with her, as well as her dachshund, Assini. (He is a psychotic dog that likes to run around the yard chewing and tearing at flowerpot liners.) She is very kind and accommodating, and we think we will like her very much.