" The second day Isa, Caro and me met for the first step in our new life: find a house. The job was made much easier thanks to the active help of our host families who were making the phone calls for us and taking time off their work to take us to visit some possible houses, while giving us tons of advice (thanks again!). Despite all of this, we needed two weeks to find the BookBin, the last opportunity just accross the university.

<< Above: My host family, Roberta and Michael, who put me up for almost 3 weeks when we arrived in Corvallis.

<< Left: A "fraternity" (frat in short), a student house for boys exclusively (girls go in "sororities"). Each fraternity is different and students pick theirs according to common values. Each fraternity or sorority has a name in greek letters (on the photo: Pi Kappa Phi). Unfortunately, the "greek community" is not appreciated by everybody.

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