Today I pulled out my suitcase and started loading up my vacuum bags, hoping I would be able to fit everything. It feels like just yesterday I was sealing up those vacuum bags back in Oregon getting ready to stay goodbye. Here I am getting ready to say goodbye again, but to another life. A life that I have grown to love and will never forget.
So I know I have blogged hardly anything this month and I am sorry for that but I really have been busy! With the end of school, some traveling, birthdays, and a lot more! Here are some of the highlights with some pictures. Enjoy! :)
I went to Lyon for a day with Luciana and Enzo. I had already gone with my host parents but it was nice to revisit. It is really a beautiful town with so much to offer.
I also went to see a bunch of hot air balloons take off with my host mom. Unfortunately after we got there it was announced that the hot air balloons wouldn't be taking off due to the weather conditions. However one took off anyway.
Then there was the 40th anniversary of AFS France in my region (Bourgogne) so there was a big party in my town for that with AFS people from all over France. It consisted of a dinner, taking lots of pictures, dancing, singing and a few speeches about AFS. I never thought AFS would become such a big part of my life, but it has become somewhat like a family.
Then with the end of the school year, terminal (senior class) organized a huge water fight in the park at school during lunch. However, along with the water students brought eggs, flour and other stuff that kids were picking out of their hair for the rest of the day in class.
I tasted escargot (snails) for the first time at my host grandparents house as well. It was odd, but I surprisingly liked them! It was hard saying goodbye to my host parents as well.
Including all of this I also headed across France to Nantes, which is in the west about 45 minutes away from the beach. I took a 7 hour train with Luciana then spent a wonderful week in the fifth biggest town in France. We stayed in the center of town with another AFS family who was really great! There was also another chinese guy who came for the week to stay with the family. The family was really welcoming and friendly. During the week we visited several museums, a castle, took a boat ride, explored the town and had a really good time! We also made fajitas for the family one night, we really nervous about them but in the end they turned out really good! Also during the week there was a huge music festival, that happened to be on Luciana's 18th birthday, all around France. To celebrate Luciana's birthday the family we were staying with bought a cake and we sang happy birthday. Then at night there was music lining the streets all over with bands, djs, singers- everything musical. Then of course you had people all over dancing to the music. It was really an incredible night! During the week we also got a chance to do a little bit of shopping. Then on the last day there the woman we were staying with took us to the beach. Unfortunately the weather was pretty bad, but it was still great to visit the beach! Overall it was really a great week, one I will definitely never forget.
So I know I have blogged hardly anything this month and I am sorry for that but I really have been busy! With the end of school, some traveling, birthdays, and a lot more! Here are some of the highlights with some pictures. Enjoy! :)
I went to Lyon for a day with Luciana and Enzo. I had already gone with my host parents but it was nice to revisit. It is really a beautiful town with so much to offer.
Then there was the 40th anniversary of AFS France in my region (Bourgogne) so there was a big party in my town for that with AFS people from all over France. It consisted of a dinner, taking lots of pictures, dancing, singing and a few speeches about AFS. I never thought AFS would become such a big part of my life, but it has become somewhat like a family.
Then with the end of the school year, terminal (senior class) organized a huge water fight in the park at school during lunch. However, along with the water students brought eggs, flour and other stuff that kids were picking out of their hair for the rest of the day in class.
We also celebrated my host brother's 18th birthday with all of the host family at the house, which was a lot of fun!
My friends and I ate pizza together next to the river and then went to a cafe later for our last night altogether. They gave me a ton of presents and it was so sweet. It was really hard saying goodbye to all of them and I will never forget them. They helped me around the halls when I was lost and were patient enough to explain ancient french poems to me. I am really going to miss them!
So that is what I have been up to the last month. I hope to get one more blog post in before I head home in 9 days. I am going to Paris the week before with some friends and my AFS liaison, which unfortunately means I will be leaving my host family in 2 days. I am not ready to go home but I have a life in America that I need to get back to.
Bisous!
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