Today I received my flight itinerary! I will be leaving home at 5:00 am to Portland and then boarding another flight straight to New York on the 25th of January. I'll arrive in New York at 3:30 pm, where I'll stay the night and do an AFS orientation. I think there we will also meet other students going from the US to Europe, but I'm not totally sure. Then the next day we leave at 7pm for France! We'll arrive in Paris at 8:30 in the morning, which is going to make for a very long day/night! In Paris we are going to spend 3 days at an orientation with students from all over the world who are spending the semester in France. Then on the 29th I will finally be headed to Le Chapelle de Guinchay! I'm not sure yet how I'm going to be getting there but I am guessing a train. And that's all the details about my travel plans.
Wow, I can't believe I'm leaving Oregon in 50 days! It seems like a long time but when I think about it, it's really not. Especially since I only have 24 days of school left. I'm so excited I can't stand it! I'm really going to miss everybody in Bend, but I'm so excited that it's hard to think about missing people. Along with all the details about my flight I learned I can only bring 66 pounds of luggage along with a personal item (purse). I have no idea how I am going to fit 6 month of clothes into 66 pounds! It's going to be really hard for me to pack only a certain amount of stuff and I'm really not sure it's going to be possible.
I also am going to be attending an AFS pre-departure orientation in Portland on the 14th of January, which just goes over last minute stuff. Then I have an appointment in San Francisco to get my visa at the French consulate on December 21st.
Since I received my family, I have talked to them some but not too much. They told me that I'm going to be in in la seconde which is equivalent to a sophomore. My host sister is in this grade so that's one of the reason I'm starting there and if it's too easy or I don't like it they told me I can move up.
Well that's all for now. Now I just have to get through the next 50 days which is proving to be very difficult. It's hard to wait when I'm this excited!
Thank you for all the support!
À bientôt! :)
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