- I attended a Rotary dinner where I had a delicious meal with all the Rotarians from my host club. That same day, the emperor of Japan was in Gifu because of the Gifu Sports Festival! He was staying at a local hotel that was near the restaurant he Rotary dinner was at! We got to see him, but there was a lot of security around so it was kind of difficult to get a good view! After the dinner, we watched cormorant fishing, which is what Gifu is known for! I was waiting to see it, and it was amazing!
- I went to Nagoya Aquarium for the day with a friend from school! We watched a dolphin show there, and later went shopping and got lunch together! It was a fun day for us!
- School, Volleyball, School, Volleyball.... everyday.. besides some weekends:)
- My host family took me to Gifu Art Museum where we saw some old, traditional Japanese art and pottery. Also, they took me to a small historical town in Gifu called "Hida Takayama." We visited a shrine, ate at a small restaurant, and walked around the town.
- Ate eel for the first time! It was actually pretty tasty- surprisingly!
- Met a boy who lived in Texas for 4 years, so it was nice to talk to him! Also, met a waitress who lived in London for a year as an exchange student. Her English was good, but she had an English accent! haha
- Finally went to a Japanese McDonalds, and Krispy Kreme ( which the Japanese people are obsessed with- the line was a half hour). The food choices are pretty much the same, but there are some different options on the menus too! At McDonalds they have somethings I've never seen before like a serving of corn with fries, and a shrimp burger, and corn beef sandwich!
- A lot of shopping, karaoke, bowling, and purikura with other exchange students!
- Visited the home of my host fathers family. There house was beautiful and they owned a small farm. I helped the family members pick fresh vegetables We later made dinner, and I met the great-grandmother who was 98 years old. She was great!
- Studying Japanese of course, and practicing my calligraphy at school. They both seem to be getting better!:)
- At school, we had a volleyball festival! Basically, we got into teams and played volleyball outside the whole day. It was so fun! Some teams even dressed up. Also, we had dodge ball day at school, my class split into two teams, and we played a good game! Yet, the Japanese version of dodge ball is a little bit different than what I'm use to playing back home.
- Had a school trip to Kyoto with some students visiting from Kano High School's sister school in South Korea. From school we took a bus together to Kyoto, and went to lunch, shopping, visited Kyoto Shrine, and went to the International Manga Museum. I made great friends with the students from South Korea, and I was sad to say goodbye to them at the end of the day!
- Recently, we had a cooking class for Home Economics class. We made pasta, fruit salad, and a mushroom type soup. This meal wasn't really Japanese, but it was really simple to make.
- On Halloween we exchange candy at lunch time and that's all we really did to celebrate since Halloween is more of a western holiday.
Those are all my recent main adventures, and there will be many more to come. I uploaded all my photos from these events- be sure to check them out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/haileymertes/
Thank you!!
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