Second day at Menlo High School

Wednesday the 9th of April

After a nice day in school I went to Stanford Shopping Mall with my two danish friends Anna and Camilla. Fortunately my sweet host-mom, who by the way had baked some delicious cupcakes for me the day before, was able to drive us there. Our hosts were busy at the time with homework, sport and etc. so it was nice to get the opportunity to do some more shopping. Stanford Shopping Mall is a beautiful outdoor area with many lovely stores. The areal is owned by Stanford University, hence the name.

Shopping with Anna and Camilla

After we had spent some hours shopping we got picked up by Camilla's host and host-mom who drove us to Off the Grid, which is food trucks that sell international as well as typical american food. We all got pulled pork sandwiches and a cupcake for dessert - yummi!

In the evening my host-mom and host-dad took me to see the beautiful Stanford University where we went for a walk with their two cute puddles. There we saw a chapel, some art, a bookshop and a park among other things. It was a really nice areal - maybe I should go there studying at one point?

Museum at Stanford University

When we got home I got to meet my lovely host-sister who is studying at Berkeley University. I tried tasting almond-milk for the first time, something that I have never tried at home in Denmark, it tasted better than I had thought. In the evening I showed my host-family pictures of my family while telling them about the culture in Denmark.

My host-sister came up to my room late at night and asked me whether I was tired, which I wasn't, and so she took me to a local bar called The Dutch Goose where I taught her how to play pool. Some people at the bar joined us for a few games. It was fun to get to meet some more americans. The night was a lot of fun and so we didn't return until 2 am. On the way back we stopped at a hill to see the view over San Francisco - the view was amazing! It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.

//Emilie
   

First day at M.A. High School

So today was the first day I went to Menlo-Atherton High School. The school is so big and its just like in the movies. I went to Amanda's classes, but I did not undertand much of what was going on. They have something called AP classes over here, which is like high level classes, so it was a bit difficult. Anyways, what I really love about American High Schools is that they have so many different sports teams, for example lacrosse and soccer, which Amanda (my host) plays. I actually went to see her lacrosse game yesterday after school. It was so cool, but unfortunately they did not win.

Before the lacrosse game started

Yesterday after the game, Amanda's mother drove me home, and then I played some ping-pong with Joshua, Amanda's little brother and later with Amanda as well when she came home. Joshua was good, but we actually won once, so I am content. Later Amanda, her family and I went to a Mexican restaurant called Chevy's, where we ate a very delicious dinner. It was very cosy. I really like her family and the food was great.

So I have taken some pictures of the car I told you about. It is an electric car, so it can accelerate very quickly, and Amanda's mother showed me when we drove home. It was so fun! Unfortunately we do not have the brand Tesla in Denmark, so you guys have to make do with the pictures below.

Joshua and the car ;-)

Amanda and Joshua in the car

That was yesterday. Emilie is going to write about today, so stay updated!

//Anna

Met my lovely host Amanda

Hi everybody! Anna here ;-)

At dinner time we finally met our host families, which I had been looking very much forward too! My host is called Amanda and she plays soccer and lacrosse, which I think is pretty cool. I am going to spend the next couple of days with her and I cannot wait! She is so sweet and so is her family. They live in a very nice house and they seriously have the coolest car ever!

Here is some pictures we just took:

Meeting my host

Hi there!

Today we left San Francisco after a stop at the Golden Gate Bridge. Afterwords we went to Muir woods and next to a town called Salinas were we saw the Steinbeck Museum.

In the evening we finally got to meet our host families. It was so exciting even though we all were a bit nervous to meet them. I immediately found out that there was no need to be nervous at all - they were just so kind and hospitable. My host live in a lovely huge house - nothing compared to mine in Denmark. She is so sweet and I can't wait too spend the next couple of days with her. Looking forward to see what a usual day in High School is like tomorrow.

//Emilie

 

Alcatraz

Hello there! Anna here ;-)

Today we went to see Alcatraz, which were so amazing! The view from the top of the island was so beautiful, you could see the hole city and the Golden Gate Brigde from there! The weather was great too, almost everyone was wearing shorts or dresses and we all got a little sun burned!

This is a couple of pictures from today:

Magic bus and shopping

Hi There! 

Now the day is almost over and we are ready to sleep after an exiting and eventful day. We started the day with some delicious breakfast - bagels with nutella and peanutbutter (American style). 

Afterwords we went to union square were we took a ride on the magic bus. The Tour guide in the bus was dressed out as an hippie. She talked very peacefully to us as if she had been smoking weed or something, it was hillarious! The bus took us on a time travel to the 60ties, where we drove by the Golden Gate Park and we also went to see the Haigt Asbury distrinct. Then we went shopping induvidually. Me and some of the other girls went to Nike, Victoria Secret, Forever 21 etc. When doing shopping, we met so many sweet american people, they are so openminded! After shopping  we went for dinner, Anna and I went to a very cosy american diner. We got a really delicious Big Bopper burger, it tasted so good! Now we are on out way to bed, so goodnight everyone!

/Emilie

THREE DAYS LEFT

Hello there! Anna is writing! I'm so exited for the trip and I seriously can't believe that there is only 3 days left. I've just got my host, she is called Amanda and she seems very sweet, so I look very much forward to meeting her. Today I'm going to buy some gifts to my host family, let's see what it ends up being! /Anna