BajaBlanca
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Host in Sacramento area Jan 2018 DONE DEAL :))
This is a long shot but maybe just maybe??
I have a college scholarship student who wants to learn/improve his very basic English.
I have a sponsor for his airplane ticket to Sacramento where I have a family who can take him in for week 2 of Jan. 2018 (he will live at a friend's
winery) and another family who can take him week 3 and 4 of Jan. 2018. (they will take him to the snow goose festival).
Anyone out there want a 20 year old college junior studying industrial engineering who loves baseball, wants to see snow, is quiet and friendly?
Want to be a Host Family during the first week of Jan (1/3 - 1/10)?
Alen is a great kid. He has NEVER been to the US of A but has a tourist visa and is ready.
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AKgringo
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Blanca, I will probably be in Grass Valley (about an hour north) about that time. I am not ready to commit for a week, but I spend a lot of time in
the snow and could take him on a tour of the Donner Summit area.
I have toys to play with, like a bull dozer, chainsaws, 4x4s, and a sluice box (thar's gold in them hills!) but I need to know if your students travel
with any sort of accident insurance.
I may also be in your area about then, depending on weather, skiing conditions and my condition by then.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
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Blanca, we seem to make a hobby of taking in excange students,
Sweden, Denmark, Brazil, France, Japan etc, we need to add a Mexican to our list.
Im in auberry, in the foothills above fresno , 45 minutes from Yosemite, 2 hours to the beach, snow just uphill from me. I can put him up - he
could easily take Amtrac to Fresno, I can pick him up there, I could also drive up Sac as well , but alot easier and cheaper to throw him on the
train, its a cool trip through the richest agricultural area in the world.
The college I work out has an extensive Industrial engineering program, I can get him a tour, maybe even a sit in if he was interested. Baseball
team will be practicing, but have no idea if I could get him in there for a workout or 2.
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BajaBlanca
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newbie comes to the rescue! hot diggedy dog! I can check into flights to Fresno....yowza
Please send me an email so we can coordinate better:
portella.blanca@gmail.com
AK gringo we need to talk more! You sure have a lot of toys!!
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insurance - great question
can anyone recommend some insurance for a 20 year old that isn't going to take me to the cleaners?
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sent you my contact info via email, can;t help you much on insurance, guys I've had in the past were part of organized programs, came wrapped in
insurance as part of the deal.
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca  | insurance - great question
can anyone recommend some insurance for a 20 year old that isn't going to take me to the cleaners? |
I can't help but think of the foreign exchange student in San Diego about five years ago, that got a bill for almost 144k for a snake bite!
I will stay in touch, maybe Alen would want to spend a couple of days up here in the foothills while he is visiting in Sacramento.
It isn't just a 'Tool Time' macho thing playing with chainsaws. I have a couple of dozen beetle killed pines I want to take out before next fire
season.
I am not looking for free labor, I was just thinking that he might want to at least be along on a mini logging operation (weather permitting)
If he is a surfer, he may want to try snowboarding. I have a season pass at Sugar Bowl, a Donner Summit ski area started by Walt Disney back in 1937.
I would comp his ticket and lesson, but do you think his English is up for something like that?
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BajaBlanca
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I don't think his English is more than very, very basic as he has been at college and not studying with Blanquita for years now. Nor does he surf as
far as I know. Once everything is finalized, we can all make decisions on where he goes.
He is so slight ofbuild, I find it hard to imagine he can even hold up a chain saw .....pictures requested if he ends up holding one!
I have to work in the insurance part still and I have another student who will be heading to San Diego. I have a school set up for the month of
January but need a host family???
Anyone have a contact in San Diego???? Someone with easy access to downtown which is where Converse Language School is located. Ramiro also loves
baseball too.
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this is another reason Baja Nomad is great....people helping people north and south of the border! I think these home stays are super valuable part of
broadening a student's horizons and it will possibly motivate him to learn english. Plus hosts get to learn spanish too...win win for all! Good luck
Blanca.
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BajaBlanca
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Thanks Shari and Alen is 100% handled! He is going to have the experience of a lifetime!
I sure wish I could be a fly and follow along on this incredible trip. Yes, there is so much to share between our two countries.
I would love to send someone to Canada but whoaaaa -- tickets are sky high expensive!
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Glad things worked out! By the way Blanca, I looked at the baseball photo, and it looks like his team are the 'Oysters'? That would be one weird
mascot!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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