Today I was invited to eat lunch with Karis, Alison’s tutoring partner. Karis not only invited us into her home but she also cooked an authentic Korean meal for us. This was my first experience eating Korean food and I was both excited and a little nervous (I had heard that it was supposed to be extremely spicy and I don’t do spicy). The food was actually really good and not spicy at all (Karis had left the spicy sauce off the food and instead left it in dishes for dipping the food into if we wanted). Karis patiently took the time to explain each of the dishes and how we were supposed to eat them.
There were several other people, from various international locations, that ate with us today. They were extremely interested in us and what we were doing with CIES. They had many questions for us about the program, where we wanted to teach, what we were interested in, etc. I really enjoyed talking with each of them and learning about where they come from and how their life differs now that they’re in the States. All in all, today was really fun and I enjoyed my first experience of Korean food!
You are really getting some great multicultural experiences!
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