Saturday, September 6, 2014

Host Family Pictures and Presents

Today I gave my family their presents

I got t-shirts for my host  brothers and father and bags for my host cousin and mother. I also bought a big thing of Ghirradelli, a magnet from my hometown, and a picture book of San Francisco

 My host mother, father, and cousin's English is very limited, so we're working on closing the language gap

Also, apparently I missed the orientation yesterday, so a volunteer picked me up and we met a staff member at a nearby Starbucks.  If you want to know what Egyptian Starbucks is like, go to your nearest Starbucks and imagine more choices of food and coffee-free frappichinos

I found out today that there is a German exchange student here who will be going to my school. I am very excited to start school because I will be able to make friends and meet people my own age

I took a nap today and I'm extremely confused because I have no sense of time right now. My brain is either tired, or not tired, hungry or not hungry. I don't even know how I'm feeling right now

This evening my host family and I sat on the porch and drank tea... yes I, Corie, drank a whole glass of tea. Shai akhdar (green tea) to be exact

On the porch I figured out how to tell people I am allergic to nuts and shellfish (which might come in handy someday). That's about it for now

Here are some pictures. Ignore the finger in the camera, I taught them how to use it ten seconds before

Learn something today

Byeeeee

.Corie





3 comments:

  1. Have you considered having your host family help you create a wallet-sized card to carry around with you with "I'm allergic to ___ and ___" and "Does this dish contain ____ and ____" (fill in as necessary) in Arabic on it? I've traveled before with some people with food allergies who had similar cards, and they can come in handy if there are language barrier issues.

    Alternatively, you can buy them online: http://www.selectwisely.com/products/Nuts_and_Shellfish_card?from=Nut_Allergies

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  2. Try to sleep and eat on the local schedule. The more you can, the sooner you will get adjusted.

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  3. At first I was wondering where host dad got Hawaii tee shirt. Duh! Such a a daddy thought. As for the language pretend your Arabic teacher is asking you to speak in class you did so well. Will become a pro in weeks! Finally, the noise sounds like Night City Cairo, Ha! Enjoy while it lasts!!! Hugs and kisses and lluff to all!

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