As always, sorry for the lag between my posts! But like my title says, I finally have my departure date. I leave June 24th which is already too soon. But I'm going to make the most of my last few months here!
My class graduation trip was great! We did a lot. First day we went biking but only one or two of the girls rode all the way to the end of the trail with me. On the way back I found out where everyone was, impromptu photo session by the trail. This was one of many, many photo taking breaks we had. Later that day we went to an old Dutch fort and walked around, I was pleased to see some information in English too. Other things we did the 4 days were going to Sun Moon Lake, went to a night market in Kenting (where we indulged in fried oreos), went hiking in Kenting National Park, went to an aquarium, and went to this shopping complex/amusement park. The trip made me feel closer with my school, but that's going to make it harder to leave!
Rotary's been eating up a lot of free time this month. A few Saturdays ago we had this scavenger hunt at our university and we had to run around and play games and answer questions in Chinese. Another Saturday we also went to the National Palace Museum! The Museum itself was great, and our guide was amazing. I just wish we had more time there! Last Friday I got to skip school and go with Rotary to the Executive Yuan, which is Taiwan's Congress. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party took the time to meet with us and answer our questions. After that we went to an insect musuem, which was not my most favorite thing but at least it went quickly. This upcoming Saturday all the exchange students are taking a proficiency test in Chinese so wish me luck!
My host mom has been in the US for two weeks helping out a friend and she just came home yesterday. I've missed her and her cooking. I'm supposed to be moving to my next host family on Sunday, but my host mom is asking me if I want to stay with them longer. So I'm not really sure what will be happening come Sunday but if I'm with a new family or stay with this one I think it will work out.
Last Thursday was my German friend Eli's birthday! A small group of us went out to this fairly authentic Italian place and we gorged on amazing pizza and pasta. It was a good Thursday. Monday and Tuesday I didn't have to go to school because my classmates had their exams. Monday after Chinese class I relaxed at my favorite coffee place with the other exchange students, then after a few hours of lounging I went swimming with my Dutch friend Will at the university. After some swimming and a nice jacuzzi we met up with our other friends for more coffee. I have to admit I was a bit worried about not being able to get my daily intake of caffeine but there are so many nice little coffee shops here, there's not enough time to explore them all! The plans for the rest of my week are revolving around if I switch families Sunday or not. If I switch I want to be able to spend the next few days with my host family!
That's it for now!
Abbie
P.S. I apologize for any glaring grammatical and spelling errors, my English is getting worse over here, but thats a good sign right?
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