I got up 6:30. I left my room, and I said good morning to my host mother, Dawn. I wanted to take a shower, so she tell me hoe to use the shower. American bathroom is different from Japanese bathroom. American bathroom has toilet and bathtub. A curtain divides toilet and bathtub. The curtain of bathroom I used was painted Kitty, so it was so cute. Japanese toilet and bathtub aren't in the same room. This is one of culture gap I felt.
After I took a shower, I prepared breakfast with Dawn. The breakfast of the day was a waffle. I had never eaten a waffle for breakfast in Japan, so I felt strange. However, I like sweets, so I was happy to eat it for breakfast. It contained chocolate chips, so it was so sweet. Moreover, I put whipped cream and honey on it. I drank milk with it. It was delicious! After I finished eating, I prepared to go to school, and I went out at 7:30. Dawn took me to Starbucks near my house. I waited Yukino and her host mother for a while there. When they arrived, we started talking with them. And then, a woman came for Yukino and me at 7:45. She is Karen, who is Mami's host family. She took us to Bethel University every day. I said to Dawn, "See you later. Have a good day!" I got into the car, we go to Bethel University. While we were in the car, we talked Karen and listened to music. It took about 50 minutes to Bethel University by car.
When we arrived at Bethel University, Sharon lead the way to classroom. When I went to classroom, some students had arrived there. At 8:45, homeroom started. I met four people there: Joel, Linda, Peggy and Katie. Joel and Linda took care of KGU students for four weeks. Peggy was ESL teacher. Katie is Minori's host family, and she helped this program. Then, KGU students were separated two groups. I'm in group 1. Next, Joel distributed a yellow paper. American map was drawed in this paper. It was licence plate contest. When I found new licence plate in Minnesota, I must circle the name of state. I thought it will be fun!
At 9:00 a.m., my group statted to take ESL class. At first, we made a name card. I wrote my name and pictures. I drew basket ball and my family. Then, I paired with Chihiro, and we introduced ourselves each other. Next, I introduced her to other students and our teacher. After that, our teacher taught us Mississippi Paddleboat Cruise. I learned the Mississippi drops 420 feet or 140 meters between Minneapolis and St. Louis. I found that we will see several things of interest during the cruise: Fort Snelling, Pig’s Eye Caves and railroad swing bridge. I also found paddleboats were important to transport goods and people to the area. I thought it will be fun to go to Mississippi Riverboat Cruise this afternoon. ESL class finished at 10:30.
At 10:45, group 1 started tours of Bethel University. Bethel University was bigger and more beautiful than KGU. I looked cafeteria, Bethel shop, caribou coffee, and so on. Bethel shop had pretty teddy bears. I wanted it. Minnesota had many lakes, and a lake was near Bethel University. I took a lot of pictures. The trip was very interesting for me. After the trip finished, I went to cafeteria and eat lunch. The lunch of the day was taco. I had never eaten taco before. It tasted good.
This afternoon, we went to Mississippi Riverboat Cruise. I felt soft breeze. I saw the beautiful scenery. It was very fun. While I took cruise, I talk with Katie and Joel and took pictures with them. I could enjoy Mississippi Riverboat Cruise! After Mississippi Riverboat Cruise, we returned to Bethel University. When we arrived at Bethel University. When we arrived at bethel University, Karen waited Mami, Yukino and me. We took Karen's car. Karen took Yukino and me to Starbucks. Dawn waited me. We said good-bye to Karen and Mami.
After that, I went to supermarket with Dawn. I was surprised at the size of shopping carts and goods. They were so big! And more, there are shopping baskets at the Japanese supermarkets, but in America, there are not shopping baskets. I peeled corns there. I was surprised at it because I had never peeled corns at supermarket. I also saw red bananas for the first time. When we went to cashier to pay money, we put goods we would buy next to cashier. It was a different way from Japan. When I left for the supermarket, Dawn said to me, "This is a small supermarket in America." I thought it was so big, so I was surprised at her words.
When I arrived at house, we cooked dinner and eat. The dinner was boiled corns, salad and soup. I like corns! Tastes are so good. After dinner, I did my homework. I showed pictures of my family, and I introduced to Dawn. She looked happy to see the pictures. And more, I asked her some questions. One of them is why did you decide to receive Japanese student. She answered "It will be fun!" I was so happy, so I wanted to tell my host family about Japanese culture a lot. After I finished homework, I said good-night to her, and I went to bed.
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