A Tidbit of my Journey to France!

So, I decided to go all out and I joined a fancy shmancy organization to give me one full school year in France--all high school credits included! The part they neglect to mention? It all includes a five-day orientation. No...no that sentence isn't giving it enough credit...let me try again:

After extensive plane rides and a confusing string of trains (all if French of course) I finally made it off my track into Paris, where I was previously informed of a short orientation purely for describing each participant's situation to him or her. Upon my arrival I was put into a hotel with three roommates: one from Norway, one from Japan, and another from normal Colorado--FUN PART: using english was actually ten times as difficult as just explaining everything with hand motions. Even more fun? This little pre-adventure lasted for 120 hours. That's right. Five days.

I should mention that my school in France is in session during these five completely unnecessary days of orientation.

All lifeless days of listening to different safety speeches aside (and yes, each was repeated in English, French, and Spanish), I did actually make a ton of friends! Before I even started my trip, I learned a Russian card game, a Bulgarian song, made friends who are from Norway, almost every state, and then some other countries whom must be beautiful to live in, however their names escape me at the moment. Totally worth  the five days of safety speeches.

And, oh yeah, did I mention we all went to Paris on a tour through the city?

'Cause we definitely did that.

After all the fun of meeting new people and seeing new places though, it was time to go "home" and see my family.

All the foreign kids with our big fancy shmancy corporation got sent off to their host families, and I got lucky enough to actually have four kids in my same region! We did our hugs and kisses (no literally that's a French thing) and greeted and all that jazz. And finally, after hours of unpacking, I sat down and had a moment to myself...so that I could give you guys a moment of my past week!

Tomorrow is my first day of school, and I'll be waking up bright and early--oh, and apparently the school's principal is giving me a campus tour and introducing me to each class. Subtle, right? I'll keep you updated on that tomorrow--but until then, au revoir et bon soir! (Goodbye and Goodnight!)