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Interview with Krisi – an NGB WAT Participant

1.What are your impressions of the Work and Travel program?

I was left with very good impressions of the program, because thanks to it I made one of my dreams come true.

2.What did you work as, and where?

I worked as a housekeeper in Old Orchard Beach, ME.

3.Did you have a second job, and was it hard to find?

I had a second job, which I started before the first one.

4.Where did you live?

I lived in a house next to the hotel where I worked, just a few meters from the beach.

5.Would you recommend your main employer to other WAT participants?

Personally, I am very happy with my employer and will recommend her to anyone who wants to go on a student summer job.

6.What did you do after the end of the Work and Travel program?

After the end of the program I took a short trip to New York, Boston, Washington and Philadelphia.

7.Will you take part in Work and Travel again?

If I have the chance, I would go on a summer job again.

8.Will you recommend the Work and Travel program to your acquaintances and friends?

I already recommend it.

9.Are you happy with the way we organized your program?

I am very grateful to you for helping me the whole time.

10.What did you like most in America?

What I liked most was that I had the chance to travel.

11.Did you make new friends?

I made new friends, with whom I keep in touch to this day.

12.Do you have any advice for people who are hesitating about going?

There's nothing to hesitate about – they should pack their bags and go.

13.Is there any story from the USA you would like to share?

I could share many things from the USA, but what first comes to mind are the evenings spent with my friends and the travel.

14.How did you hear about us?

A friend of mine recommended your agency to me.

15.Was this your first summer job, and did you go alone?

It was my first summer job, and I went with my roommate.

16.What did you think of Americans?

Americans are very kind people.

Krisi