Today my host student Mecha and I woke up around 12 pm because we were really tired from a party the night before that lasted until 2 am. After a light breakfast we got dressed and hung out until it was time for lunch.
Around 2 pm we rode with her parents to a restaurant called Cardon. We sat next to a window which opened up to beautiful plants and vines growing up the side of the building. For lunch I ate corn empanadas, proveleta, chicken, rice, and for desert, queso y dulce. Some of it was new to me, some not, but overall it was a fantastic meal.
After we finished up, we went straight to the mall and met some of the other girls in the exchange program. We wandered into a few stores and shopped for about an hour until it was time to go back to Mecha’s house and get ready for the evening.
Tonight was a very special night for all of us because it was our only night to hang out with our old exchange students, the ones that we hosted in North Carolina. All of the exchange students currently hosting us had a Quinceañera to attend so we thought this would be the perfect time to catch up with our other ones. The student I hosted, Sol, picked me up around 8:15 and we went to dinner at a really good restaurant about 20 minutes out of town. We had salad, asado, as well as a few other really good meats, and flan for dessert. It was really nice meeting Sol’s family and they thanked me for hosting Sol when she came to NC.
After dinner, Sol’s parents dropped us off at a party with all of the other Americans and the students they had hosted in NC. We had a really great time dancing and catching up, but by the time it was time to go I was exhausted so we went back to Sol’s house and I fell asleep immediately.
–Mallory
It was so nice that you reunited with students you hosted in NC!