Jennifer_CP2

Yesterday I met up with my conversation partner Yi-Jhen from Taiwan. She is brand new to - she’s only been here about two weeks! Hence, she hasn’t gotten to explore the area much. So my friend Lauren and I decided to take her to the beach! We met up at a coffee shop and drove to Bald Eagle Point. On the way there, we asked her if she had ever tried American BBQ, and she said no. So we stopped at a delicious BBQ place called Hamaknockers for lunch, which is where the picture attached was taken. Yi-Jhen got a pulled pork sandwich and tried some southern sweet tea – she seemed to like it a lot! She thought it was funny how the restaurant was decorated with family pictures. We had some good conversations on the way to the beach, and she excitedly said she felt like she was on an American road trip. She was so amazed once we got to the beach – it was a clear, gorgeous day! The beach is very small, and it only had a portable restroom, which she had never seen before, so that was very interesting to her! She also thought the showers for washing off after the beach were really neat too! We stayed at the beach for about an hour and a half. There were a lot of horseshoe crabs, which Yi-Jhen had never seen before. She said that she liked the beach a lot and that it was much cleaner than the beaches in Taiwan. On the way back Yi-Jhen told us that even though she’s from Taiwan, everyone there speaks Chinese and the “Taiwanese” language is the same as Chinese. We also talked about Japanese and Korean cultures, and she was very surprised when I told her I like Korean dramas! At the end of the day I took her home and she gave me some Chinese snacks we didn’t get to eat since we were full from the BBQ. It was fun getting to show Yi-Jhen around and learn about her culture!