First Taste of Udon Thani

Dinner with Ari and her host family consisted of pizza… surprise surprise I again didn’t try anything new.. However, the pizza was delicious and did remind me of home away from home, which was quite nice. I also learned that in Thailand, they dip their pizza in nacho cheese…. Not sure why we Americans do not do that! After all, what could go wrong with more cheese added to pizza?! After that, we walked around some small stands in a shopping market. I found Toms for $20.00, and our host moms bought us Udon Thani shirts to wear at a conference that was today (Saturday). They also got us bell things to wear in our hair. It was fun to see all the things that were being sold- I wanted to buy quite a few, but don’t worry mother, I controlled myself!

After we were done shopping, I literally crawled into bed, which meant I was asleep by 8:00 pm… for the second night in a row. I am really living it up in Thailand, let me assure you!

Today (Saturday the 4^th), I was up by five thirty (serves me right for going to bed at 8). I got ready for the day, as we were going into the school at eight for a conference. Ari and I were introduced to the teachers and we were able to meet our host teachers (we think they are anyway..) and somewhat learned the curriculum. I will be teaching 8^th grade and Ari is teaching 7^th, but we will be teaching together for most of the time because we don’t have class during the same time. I’m pretty sure that’s what they meant, but maybe not. We also met a teacher that was the drama instructor- she was precious and definitely belonged on stage. Because the conference was completely in Thai, we were able to leave after break and Ari’s host mom brought us back to her house to hang out for a while. We wish we could have gone site seeing for awhile, but we weren’t sure where to go by ourselves. However, we were able to spend some quality time out in the sun, which is more than anyone else can say that is currently reading this, as it is negative back home ;)  I also got a tour of the village on the back of a motorcycle, so there's that.

As for what I’m doing now? After going grocery shopping with Auntie and Arunrat, I am now laying in my bed typing this and listening to “Let it Go” from Disney’s Frozen in typical kenzkeg fashion.

Also, fun fact for you all: Pandora doesn’t work in Thailand….

Wish me luck on dinner- it’s shrimp and broccoli.

Xoxo Kenzkeg