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I did end up changing host families that Sunday, but I'm back with my first host family instead. (Apparently the family who were going to host me didn't have a room for me?) So anyways, there hasn't been much of an adjustment period because I've already lived with them for four months. And thankfully now it only takes me half and hour to get to school! Timothy seems the most happy about
I've been pretty busy outside of the house because while I really do appreciate my first/third family they are super busy all the time. But not a problem because there's always something to do here. Last Last Sunday I went for a hike (although I hesitate to even call it a hike, as we really just were strolling up a paved upward path). Our destination was a coffeeshop (suprise, suprise) and we just took in the view and enjoyed it with our coffees.
Last Tuesday wasa very good Tuesday, no school (for me). One of my good exchange student friends. Akiko, lived near a breakfast shop that she went to most mornings, she eventually got really close with the owner and workers at the shop. They also happen to have the best 蛋餅 (dan bing, a kind of egg crepe...thing) So we frequent there often. But Tuesday Akiko arranged a little outing (with permission attained from our schools) to learn how to make 蛋餅. It was so wonderful to learn to finally make this favorite breakfast of mine. Last Saturday was the District
Conference. It was held at the Grand Hotel, which was beautiful. As you can see. Earlier that morning some of the other inbounds had to do a country fair, but the majority (including myself) were exempt from that task. We arrived in traditional exchange student garb, our blazers, and then proceded to do not much. We talked for a bit, listened to some speakers, went up onstage and got our pictures taken, and took some more pictures. (One billion seven hundred thousand two hundred and sixty three pictures seem to be minimum amount of pictures taken at any gathering of more than 3) The most important/fun part of the day was getting to talk with the current Taiwanese outbounds! One of the outbounds is actually a classmate of mine, although she's in the grade below me.
Most other days here have been filled with lounging at coffeeshops. Chinese classes. Chatting with my friends whilst lounging at coffeeshops (in fact that's what I'll be heading off to do in five minutes). Lots of panicking about our time left in Taiwan. Lots of that.
I'm hoping my nine weeks left here will be the best, I intend to make them so.
-Abbie
Pictures of me and stuff and other people in Taiwan
Titled: Our attempts to take one of those ~jumping pictures~ during the hike, and our consequent failure
But at least we got our coffee
Harder than it looks
The breakfast shop is probably the best thing in Taiwan.
Also this one time Will made apple pie for everyone and it was The Best. (and I have tricked Will into being my friend so when she makes Dutch Apple Pie I get to eat it and when her parents come I get to eat stroopwaffle)
