November 30, 2015
This past month of November has been so great!!
This month I participated in a two day "relay" Rotary bike ride. I say
relay in quotes because it was more like ride when ever you felt like it
and some members of the team rode the whole time. I personally went
about 150k. This was a fundraiser for the local hospital and we sure
raised a fair amount. After that weekend I switched host families. It's a
weird transition from one house to the other. You have to learn a
complete new set of rules. This second family has a daughter my age and
we have heaps of crazy fun together. When I think of a typical Aussie
family this is the kind family I think of: laid back, relaxed, yet
exciting!
School is just finishing up. After nearly a year and a half I am
officially in year 11 and it feels great!! Holidays are in 2 weeks and I
am super excited because because my host family is taking me to New
Zealand! Although the decorations are coming out and the songs are
playing it does not look nor feel like Christmas. In fact it's quite a
joke to listen to Christmas songs because there is no frosty the
snowman, its not beginning to look like Christmas, and it is definitely
Not a winters wonderland. But we can pretend :)
Last week was Thanksgiving but obviously they don't celebrate it in
Australia. I wanted to make pumpkin pie and pumpkin chocolate chip
cookies for my host family and friends at school. Unfortunately they do
not have puréed pumpkin in a can at the store. I have to cut up and
actual pumpkin, boil it, then mash it up to get puréed pumpkin!! But it
was all worth it. Aussies, though, cannot fathom the thought of putting
pumpkin into a dessert. Its not something they do so while I was making
my pie and cookies I got a lot of looks but once they tried it everyone
wanted more. Your Welcome Australia!!
All the other exchange students and I ran the color run (yes without a U
because its an American funded thing) in Melbourne. I can't wait to see
them again at the end of the week at our Rotary camp!
I am having such an amazing time. I am learning everyday and growing so much. I am so thankful for this experience!
Regards,
Torri :P
Sunday, December 6, 2015
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