Let's have a host family stories thread.
>be in a german senpai near munchen
>speak barely 5 words of german
>one weekend we visit the grand parents in bavarian countryside
>speak degenerate kraut dialect
>at some point they all do the sign of cross
>they all pray
>grandma notices i'm just awkwardly sitting there waiting for it to be over
>she says something in degenerate kraut dialect and everybody looks at me
>one of the kids asks me if i'm a christian
>nope, i'm not religious at all
>she translates for the others, and they start talking in degenerate kraut dialect while the grandma keeps looking at me disaprovingly
>>1126478
awkward af mate, where ya from though?
>>1126478
why not just make the sign of the cross and stay quiet or mumble something? when in rome do like the romans
>spend a month with an austrian family
>the mother asks if I have dirty laundry that needs to be washed
>i tell her yes, but we have to leave for school soon
>she says she will get it from my room and do it for me
>come home from school
>she is standing in the living room ironing my underwear
>d-danke
she ironed my jeans too, which I also found odd.
>host family in Tunbridge Wells, UK
>me and my friend are high schoolers on a study holiday
>our "mom" decides to welcome us with spaghetti since we're Italians
>it's of course an horrible mess
>eat it to not be rude
>she asks if we want coffee
>"coffee" is just boiled water in a pot with some ground coffee thrown in that she was mixing with a wooden spoon
>it tastes like monkey ass
>at the end of our stay we cook for her a real spaghetti meal and gift her a moka
She was a kind soul but she didn't go above meat, gravy and baked cakes in the kitchen.
>go to tokushima when i was 16. 2009 After saving for a year.
>reading a little too much /b/ and weird idea about what japan is about.
>try to play footsie with my host mom
>schoolmate gets lost bc he didn't communicate to get picked up after school so he walks.
>i get yelled at for going down the block to the lawson at midnight. (I snuck out, its my fault)
>got called a fag in japanese bc i wore skinny jeans to a school i was visiting.
>went on the rollercoaster in oosaka mall alone.
>drank beer with my host moms 25 year old unemployed son.
>bought a case of oronamin C when i took a tour of the ootsuka pharma co.
>awkwardly tried to flirt with a neighborhood girl that came over to help the mom.
>treated the family to a 50usd pizza meal on my last night mostly bc i missed pizza, and really liked them.
>>1127933
Same guy 2nd leg of journey
>Friend is in hong kong for summer (home 'country')
>tiny apartment but at olympic station in kowloon so kinda nice
>survive off mcd's, golden corral and mongkok pool hall food
> spend early nights in lkf but not in bars despite never seeing people get ID'd bc my friend is a pussy.
> spent 2 hours riding the dragon coaster in ocean park over and over bc i wasn't used to no lines at theme parks.
> get a haircut and completely perplex the hairstylist.(1.5h for a buzz cut no dhape up)
>go to macau for a day and suggest we just get a medium pie to share at dominis since we're a little short on time.
>go to pizza hut i think and its a god damned sit down meal.
>left the casino after winning $60 in videopoker, and bought a 100count lindt chocolate truffles box.
>>1127933
>played footsie with host mom
how did that turn out? you bang her? was she hot
>Be me
>Be in random Russian city
>"Anon, our friends are having a Christmas party would you like to come?"
>Of course I go, bringing vodka as offering
>little flat with maybe 9 people in it
>Kids go off to do whatever kids do, I sit with adults
>It's a feast of Russian foods and vodka
>fast forward to 2am
>the seven of us have drank five liters of vodka and 8 liters of beer and there's barely a scrap of food left in the flat
>Go to leave and it's been a downpour of snow
>Massive drunken snowball fight before heading home
I miss them so much, my host mother and sister were the sweetest people I have ever met. I would give away all I have to do it all again. So many fun adventures.
>inb4 everyone fucks a hot mom or their daughter etc
