Minnesota Diary

I went to Minnesota and stay for four weeks during summer vacation. I’ll post about the life in Minnesota occasionally.

 【July 22 (Sun)】
I arrived at Minnesota. Before I came to Minnesota, I was so nervous because I had never been to foreign countries. However, I could get rid of my uneasiness because my host family was willing to receive me. When I went to the terminal at the airport, a lot of host families had waited Kumamoto Gakuen University students. My host sister, Natalie, had welcome board. There were a lot of people, but I could find my host family because welcome board was decorated cutely. When I first met my host family, we hugged and shook hands. I also greeted Yukino’s host family because my host family and Yukino’s host family are neighbors. I thought it will be fun for me to stay at Minnesota.

After that, my host family and I went to Wisconsin State because Natalie participated in camp for a week, so we saw her to the campground. We went there by car. While I was in the car, I felt a sense of incongruity. I had known cars run on right side, but I was really surprised when I took the car at the actual. We stopped at MacDonald on the way to go to campground. I ate small cheeseburger and drank chocolate shake. I was surprised at the system of MacDonald and the size of hamburger. When we arrived at the campground, we carried her baggage to bungalow. I saw a wild squirrel for the first time outside the bungalow. My host father, host mother and I said good-bye to Natalie, and we went to Welcome Picnic at Roseville Central Park.

The picnic started at five o’clock, but we arrived at six o’clock. According to talking I heard later, leaders of KGU students tried to drink a famous juice of America, and some American people tried to eat natto before I arrived. After I arrived, KGU students separated five groups and told our host family Japanese culture. My group told Japanese snacks and sweets. We brought snacks from Japan, so host family tried to eat them. People who tried to eat them showed a variety of reaction. Some people showed their smile and came to like Japanese snacks, other people showed strange expressions and said “Wow!” It was very interesting. We also showed picture of Japanese sweets and snacks. However, it was difficult for me to explain what kind of snacks or sweets and things America doesn’t have, for example, anko.

After the picnic finished, I leave for my host family’s house. When I arrived at the house, a dog greeted me. She is their pet, and her name is Little Lady. She is very pretty girl. And then, my host father and host mother showed all of the rooms in the house. After that, they told me to go to bed because they thought I was tired and I have to get up early and prepare to go to school. I said good-night to them, and I went to bed.

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