LEOPOLD Servais was an exchange student at Wangaratta High School eight years ago and recently returned to Wangaratta while on trip around Australia with his family.
Anne Dodd, who he stayed with on exchange eight years ago, said the family visited them for a day after arriving in Victoria.
“His whole family came, they all wanted to come to Australia, and they came to meet us,” she said.
“After they came to Melbourne, they hired a car and came straight to Wangaratta to see us and there was the mother, the father and Leopold’s sister and they were just here for the day.
After this, they embarked on a trip around Australia.
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“They went on this huge journey across Australia, from Melbourne they went to Uluru and then they went to Sydney, Cairns and Darwin and then they’re flying home.”
Ms Dodd said some of the visitors favourite things were the Great Ocean Road and seeing kangaroos.
“They were amazed by the Great Ocean Road and the scenery,” she said.
“One of the thrills was for them to see kangaroos at Jubilee Golf Course; we took them up there to see the kangaroos.”
Ms Dodd said she was glad to see Leopold again and to see how he had grown and matured.
“It was lovely to see Leopold again, he always said he’d come back but kids say that, and they don’t,” she said.
“He was only 16 when he came here, now he’s 24 so he was only a boy when he came here and now, he’s man.
“So there was a big difference, but there’s still that nice kid in there.”
Since first coming to Australia around eight years ago, Leopold has been studying and Ms Dodd said he’s looking at going into the finance sector sometime soon.
