When it comes to homestays, you may be thinking things like “I want to both spend time with my host family and experience life in Los Angeles!”
For people like that, we have the perfect homestay: Robin’s homestay in North Hollywood.
To be perfectly honest, there are a lot of people who treat the act of being a host family as a business, and only accept students into their homes for the financial benefits.
Just going by my gut feeling, I would estimate that around 70 percent of host families are doing it as a main source of income.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad.
Therefore, it makes sense for international students to not have high expectations when it comes to spending a lot of personal time with their host family.
Robin is different though. She genuinely loves hosting students from the bottom of her heart.
Even on weekends, she often takes the students out to various places.
And she’s not all talk either, her actions also show just how much she cares for and thinks about her guests.
Host Name: Robin Hill
Family Members: Host mother, a super cute two and a half year old son, and a large size dog.
Occupation: Social Worker (Basically she helps people facing various really difficult problems)
About the House: Three rooms with a living room, dining room, and kitchen, along with a garden.
Location: North Hollywood
Distance from School: 30 minutes from MLI, 35 minutes from Kings College, 45 minute from CWC
Distance from School: 30 minutes from MLI, 35 minutes from Kings College, 45 minute from CWC
Not Recommended For: People who hate dogs.
The Reasons we Recommend Robin’s Homestay
- Many chances to speak English.
- It has an atmosphere similarly to one of a TV show, so often you feel like you are living one in one.
- There are not any other host students who are from the same country as you.
Spending Weekends Together with your Host Family
土日も一緒にホストファミリーと過ごすので、英語を話すチャンスがものすごく多いし
ロサンゼルスの生活をまさに体験できて、とにかく楽しいです！
ジェイクくんが2歳半ということで、普段はジェイクくんを連れてポニー乗り体験に行ったり
ビーチに行ったりされているので、土日何しよう！？なんて時でも喜んで一緒に連れて行ってくれます。
私も一緒に連れて行ってもらいました！
おしゃべりしたり、どこかを案内して回ったりすることも大好きな方なので
お家の近くにたくさんあるスタジオや、ハリウッドの方まで車でツアーしてくれることも。
以前ハリウッドプロダクションのお仕事をされた経験もあるので裏話が聞けちゃいます！
また、UCLAで人類学と看護の勉強をしていたそうで、いろんな話をしてくれます。
Sometimes she invites friends over for barbecues as well.
Cooking meat in the garden, making hamburgers, then cleaning all of this up and moving to the living room to talk…it truly feels very American!
Like Living in a TV Show
Robin is a person with a beautiful smile and wonderful personality.
Her house has a bright atmosphere, and the room where her guests stay is illuminated by sunlight.
Her son Jake loves people, and her dog is very well-behaved.
庭付きの一軒家ですが、風通しの良い造りなので、部屋にいる時もロビンさんが
ジェイクくんと遊んだりあやしたりする声が聞こえ、まるで海外ドラマの中にいるような気がしてきます。
Having No Two Guest Students from the Same Country Makes for Great English Practice!
Robin really values speaking and communicating with the students she hosts, and often after eating dinner and enjoying some conversation afterwards, you will look at the clock and think “Wow it’s already 11?!”
ホームステイって何人も留学生を受け入れていることがあって
同じ家に日本人がいるということも結構あります。
そうならないように考慮するのですが、ホストが自らそのようなルールを作っているのはロビンさんを含めても数軒だけです！！！
Popular Point with Women Guests: The Water Pressure in the Shower is Strong
When you open the white fence door, the dog will come to welcome you home.
As soon as you open the front the door, you are greeted by the sight of the living room.
The living room is a very calming and relaxing place, containing a sofa, TV, toys her son plays with, and is decorated with a bunch of pictures.
Due to droughts, Los Angeles’ water supply is often weak and not dependable, however the shower at Robin’s house has very good water pressure and hot water comes easily. It actually feels quite nice to shower at her house!
ロビンさんのお家のシャワーは結構勢いが強くて、ちゃんとお湯も出るのですごく気持ちいいです(笑)
ロサンゼルスの中ではお湯があまり出ない、もしくは出ても10分程度ということもあります。
女性としては勢い良くお湯が出るシャワーがあるので嬉しいですね。
このお風呂とトイレはみんなで共有します。
２階へ上がると、１フロアまるまる留学生用です。
階段上がって正面に部屋があり、隣の部屋にクローゼットが。
部屋の中には、ホテルみたいに枕がたくさん乗ったキングサイズのふかふかベッドと、
ちょっぴりこわれかけのタンスと、テレビと小さな棚があるのですが、勉強机は置いていません。
なので、勉強は一階のリビングでします
大きな庭にはジェイクくん用の遊具もあります。
お子さんが好きな方は一緒に遊ぶだけで、すごく良い英語の勉強にもなります。
2歳半とは思えないほど、本当によくしゃべります！
Salad is Available Everyday
段の夕食は、チキンポットパイを作ってくれたり、パスタを作ってくれたり。
ただ、お仕事をされているということもあり、日本の一般的な食事のように品目は多くありませんが
サラダは毎日欠かさず作ってくれます。
朝ごはんは、起きる時間帯が合えば作ってくれることもありますが
基本的には、ベーグルやワッフル、シリアルを買ってくれているのでそれを自分で準備して食べるという感じです。
Robin herself is a very kind and inviting person, so even if you are shy or the type to be polite by refusing anything offered to you (as some Japanese people are), you will be able to communicate with Robin and form a close bond with her as well.
Spending time and engaging in conversation with her on weekends is a great opportunity to improve your English!
And on top of that, Jake loves to talk! (Perhaps more than anyone else!)
All together, a homestay at Robin’s will surely immensely improve your English!
English 
日本語