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Originally Posted August 14, 2008
So far my experience with my host family has been magnificent. They have treated me with great respect and welcomed me into their family and home. The first weekend at home my brother and I went to several different places in Beijing such as Tiananmen Square and the Temple of Heaven. These were really interesting to see and I’m glad to have had the opportunity to go. After those we also got to go to Happy Valley amusement park, which was a blast. We have been places like the mall where I have gotten ripped off several times (never again). My host brother is on the basketball team at Yucai so we often go to the public court and play pick-up games at night. Being a hockey player, I have never played basketball before this trip so he’s teaching me his ways. Last weekend my family and I went out to a great Peking duck restaurant, which was delicious. My whole home-stay in general has been wonderful and I am very lucky and thankful to stay with them.