Derek's Host Family

I stayed with Andre from Michigan State at Cylvi and Louie Guth's house. They picked us up at the the agricultural college after a shindig with the Grand Duc. They took us to a pizza parlor where we ate pizza with a fork. Then we drove to their house where we met the rest of the family, Andre (12), Claude (22), Peris (20), and their worker from Portugal. We sat around the table and looked at Cylvi's picture album of her trip to Canada.

The next morning we offered to help with the chores but they didn't want our help. So we ate breakfast and watched them finish their chores. They milk about 70 holstein cows twice a day. Due to the quota system they cant expand their herd. They share a mixer wagon with the neighbors. While we were in the pasture Peris came and picked us up because the cows were out down the road. After our tour of their farm we went to the neighboring dairy farms. The first farm we went to had dairy and beef cows, methane digester, and a horse barn. The methane digester was built 5 years ago. To keep a horse at the farm it would cost 370 euros or about $814. The next farm we went to had a huge white dog and dairy cows. I was amazed by how big their houses were by just milking 45 cows. After the second tour me and Andre we invited to Claude's friend's wedding. We stuck out a lot and stood by ourselves for awhile until Hannah and her 2 other roommates showed up.

Later we went to the barbeque with Guei, another host family member. It was a lot of fun getting together with everyone again. After that Guei took us into Luxemburg city for the night. The next morning we slept in until about 11:30 which was great. Cylvi and Louie then drove us to the city for Pizza Hut. Then we said our goodbyes and got on the coach to drive to Germany.
They were extremely nice, Cylvi even did laundry for us. Overall I had a really good time and am glad it is a part of the tour.

Derek Lease