Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Second week of vacation!

Alright so it was about 2 weeks ago but I really should update about the rest of my vacation because it was definitely noteworthy!

Most of the week my host parents were busy with work but one of the days they had off and we went to a castle about 30 minutes away. All of my host family went except for my host brother because he was busy studying for the end of high school exams, aka the BAC. When we got there we hiked up to a cute little village that is from long before the founding of the Americas. In the town there was an extremely old church with an elderly man playing a harp inside, which really added to the beauty of the church and the atmosphere. Then we headed to the castle which was cool as well. It's always really impressive to see these buildings that are so old, especially because in the US everything is so new in comparison. It was one of those days were I looked around and remembered that even with the rough times here, I am so thankful to have the opportunity to be here.
The church


Where guards used to set their guns up to shoot anybody trying to attack the castle. 





Another day during the week I went with my host sister to my host mom's parents house to have lunch and go swimming. I am really jealous how my host family has the opportunity to go and see their extended relatives just about any day of the week, whereas in the states I rarely get to see mine and it's quite expensive. My host grandparents are really nice and interesting to talk to, especially because they have traveled all over the world and have lots of stories.


AFS meeting

Church in Lyon

Roman theater with Lyon in the background

Also during the break I had the opportunity to go to Lyon with my host parents to watch my host brother's handball tournament and do a little visiting. It's one of the biggest cities in France and is quite beautiful. My host brother had two handball matches- winning one and losing the other. Then we went and had lunch in a typical Lyonnais restaurant in the center of town, followed by visiting a few of the largest churches in Lyon. They were really beautiful and one of the churches was actually two in one. After that we saw an old roman theater above the city and then headed home. It was another great day and I was happy to finally be able to visit Lyon!

The last big part of my vacation was an AFS meeting in a big castle right outside of Chalon. It's always nice to see everybody again and hear about how everybody is doing. There was also all of the French students getting to go abroad. It was really strange talking to them about getting ready to leave and remembering that was me doing the same exercises on the other side of the world just 4 months ago. It's crazy just how much I have learned and grown since then.

Then unfortunately the vacation had to come to an end. However luckily in the month of May there are many holidays so we have some longer weekends.

Thats the end of my vacation update, hopefully I'll have a chance to update again soon because there is really so much to say!
Bisous!


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