Blogs from Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Europe - page 20

SUBJECT: RISE AND SHINE I couldn’t tell you why, but I awoke the other morning at just after five o’clock. And it wasn’t as though I groggily woke up, rolled over, checked the time, and became instantly annoyed at having woken up so early. I felt completely awake and ready to start the day. Rather than fight it and try to force myself to go back to sleep, I decided to roll with it. I got up, brushed my teeth, put in my contacts, got dressed, and left my apartment. It was dark outside. The only light came from the dim, yellow-orange streetlights and the green LED crosses that signify a pharmacy. Not a soul was out and about. The usually busy, bustling street on which I live was like a dark shell of itself. The ... read more

hey heres some more pictures and I will try to write more soon!! ... read more

Hey again... So I have only been in France for a little over 2 months but time is flying by so quickly already! I'm so happy that rotary makes us switch Families. I mean in the beginning of the switch I felt like my whole exchange was starting over and in some ways it was. But then I realized that this is what the exchange is all about meeting new people and living in different cultures, and of course in different families there will be different perspectives and different things. I'm starting to realize that just because something is different than the way you are accustomed to does not make it wrong ; I'm starting to actualy understand the French way of life and starting to think about how things are actualy very similar to the ... read more

hey everyone. It seems like a veyr long time that I have actually wrote something in here and not just put up pictures but I know you all like this pictures =) Anyway I have switched my host familys and I think most of you know that by now. I live in the country side and it is so much like home! I ride horses with my new host sister Juliette. I just had a 10 day break from school and that was awesome! I did so many things... I went to a discothèque, went to a basketball game in Dunkerque, rode a mountain bike (that for some reason I dont understand how to use gears on bikes haha.) through a buch of the country side and ended up on a beach, freezing but still beautiful, ... read more

i finally have new photos up! ahh I have so much to say and so little time to explain it all. I switched host families which has been really different but good experiance for me already. Im living in a small country town and it is really beautiful. It reminds me a lot of home! I was getting really at home at my first host family and switching made me appreciate all the things they have done for me. I will switch back with them for Christmas though! which is really cool. My new host family is very nice as well. I have two host brothers and one host sister. One of the brothers is older and works in Paris so he isn't here that often. the little host brother reminds me a lot of what ... read more