Saturday, October 22, 2005
My Host Family
Today my host family picked me up. The mother is named Kazumi. She is very nice and very pretty. She knows some English.
She took me to a beautiful park, the Flower Park. I saw beautiful Japanese gardens! The roses were large and smelled like sweet perfume.
There were also colorful flowers that I didn't recognize. I saw "tree huggers" too. I went up to the top of a tall tower and saw the fantastic view of the forests and mountains! Wow, it was exciting!
Her 12-year-old daughter, Ayano just came home. She is a little shy. She has a lovely singing voice. She says she likes to swim. She is a good student.
School visits
My group visited many schools this week. I liked the elementary school the best. The children were so excited to see us, especially Lady Godiva, my new muppet. She is famous now!
The students set up learning centers to teach us their traditional games and crafts. It was fun! When I get home, I will teach you the games.
Lunch is always in the classroom. I ate with a class, using chopsticks. It was "oishi", delicious. The bread was sweet. I had milk, cabbage soup, a mini egg omelet, some thin vegetable slices and a cup of frozen fruit ( like sherbet.)
Now the 14-year-old daughter, Mayu, has just come home with her dad, Ken. She likes to play the piano and tennis.
Ken likes to read books. He also likes to watch Dvds and detective shows like Columbo.
Today my host family picked me up. The mother is named Kazumi. She is very nice and very pretty. She knows some English.
She took me to a beautiful park, the Flower Park. I saw beautiful Japanese gardens! The roses were large and smelled like sweet perfume.
There were also colorful flowers that I didn't recognize. I saw "tree huggers" too. I went up to the top of a tall tower and saw the fantastic view of the forests and mountains! Wow, it was exciting!
Her 12-year-old daughter, Ayano just came home. She is a little shy. She has a lovely singing voice. She says she likes to swim. She is a good student.
School visits
My group visited many schools this week. I liked the elementary school the best. The children were so excited to see us, especially Lady Godiva, my new muppet. She is famous now!
The students set up learning centers to teach us their traditional games and crafts. It was fun! When I get home, I will teach you the games.
Lunch is always in the classroom. I ate with a class, using chopsticks. It was "oishi", delicious. The bread was sweet. I had milk, cabbage soup, a mini egg omelet, some thin vegetable slices and a cup of frozen fruit ( like sherbet.)
Now the 14-year-old daughter, Mayu, has just come home with her dad, Ken. She likes to play the piano and tennis.
Ken likes to read books. He also likes to watch Dvds and detective shows like Columbo.
