Host Family

This is the second post of my blog. I am going to talk about my homestay experience. I stayed with the same family for nine months because they were treated me like their real family.

There are six members in my host family. My host mother is a teacher, so she always helped me do my homework and assignments. When I arrived at Armidale, I could not understand a lot of English. My host mother spoke English slowly for me and used easy words. My host mother and father have two sons and daughters, but the sons live in another place with their family.
 I always did something together with host sister because she can cook, sew, and so on. For example, we cooked cakes, muffins, biscuits, and meals together. We made a lot of cakes, but I was always surprised at the color. The color of the cake was not normal color. Sometimes, we made a cake for the dog’s birthday. I had a very good time cooking something with my host sister. I have learned how to cook from her while learning English.
Sometimes, I slept in the garden in a tent with my host sister. It was the first experience for me to sleep in the garden using a tent. We talked a lot, but it was so cold outside because the season was winter. Some other things we did is go to the beach and bush walking. Grand mother lives in Port Macquarie, so we went to her house and swam at the beach.

Another host sister lived with us just four months. Then she moved to Sydney to get a job. We did not spent much time together, but she was very kind and she can do everything. I have respect for my host sister because she became independent. The two host brothers are married and each has a child. I met one host brother and his wife and  baby. Their baby was so cute. My host family is a big family so I could meet many people.

This time, I told you about my homestay. Next time I will introduce places where I went with my host family.