The End = La Fin

My last week in France was a good one. I had no time to think as I was busy everyday getting ready to leave. I had a mini pool party with my friends and finished up the memory book with Laura for Claire and Michel- which they really liked!

Saturday morning we were supposed to leave at 6am, the bus was late and we left around 7:30am. We got to Paris around 3pm after stopping twice on the way. We had a mini group meeting at the hotel in Paris where we talked about our feelings on leaving/returning. For dinner that night, we went to an AFS house in Paris that had a huge backyard and had a barbeque. We left around midnight and the next morning all the US kids left for the airport at 10am.

The airplane left at 3:30pm Sunday and we got to NYC at 5:30 local time. I found mom and said goodbye to the other AFS kids. For dinner we went to see Michelle (my Alaskan friend who was taking a ballet class in NY) and ate with her and her two roomates.

Monday, mom and I left at 3:30 pm heading to Portland for a layover and then on to Anchorage.
We got to Anchorage around 12:30am and found dad and Anna.

Since I've gotten home, I havent done much. I saw my friends and some of my relatives. The first time I see someone, they ask me 'How was France?' Other AFS kids tell me they get so annoyed by this, I just think its a silly question because most people are satisfied when I say 'It was really great, yeah it was fun' with a smile. I understand why people ask this, becauses they cant really ask anything else until they have details to ask questions about, but if they really wanted an honest answer they would have to sit down on the couch for a week while I told them about it.

Since I'm back in Alaska, my blog has officially come to a close. Thank you for reading my posts throughout the year!

Sincerely, Erin

Les orages = Storm

We just had two weeks of beautiful weather. Then Saturday we had a thunder and lightning storm all night. Today its back to being beautiful but extremely hot. When its warm, its about 90 or 95 degrees.

Last weekend I had my dance performance, which went well.

Last week I went shopping, the summer sales started. I went swimming almost everyday...multiple times to counter the heat. Laura and I have started a memory book for Claire and Michel, so we printed pictures and now we need to put it together by Saturday!

We went to a party Friday night for some friends of Claires who are moving the the Beaujolais region of France.

Yesterday I went to Sophias house in Millery, which is about 45 minutes from Lyon, for a going away party but I had to come home early because today I got up at 5:30 to take my oral exam for the bac de francais at 8:00am. I met Olivia outside the school because she was taking it too, along with other kids from our class. The teacher picked Dom Juan for me, and then I had half an hour to prepare. I read, explained and answered a question about the text, then she had 10 minutes to ask me anything she wanted about the text. I think I did pretty well, she said "c'était une belle réusite" which means I did a good job :)

Tomorrow I invited my friends to spend the day here, swimming, eating, etc.

This week I need to finish everything! (And pack!!)