AFS Weekend=)

So this past weekend I had my first of 2 AFS weekends and all I have to say is that it was awsome! We went up to a log cabbin in the forest to go hiking and meet with all of the other AFSers in the area. It was great meeting with my friends Eriko(from Japan) and Celine(from Austria) who I met in Paris.( and hopefully on the two week vacation coming up at the end of the month I will be able to stay with them to hang out more) And when we all went hiking I have to say luckily for us the weather was great but it was wierd at the same time because everytime on of the adults in our group saw a mushroom we all had to stop walking, look at it, and maybe take a picture or 2 after talking about it. I don't know if it's a French thing to like mushrooms alot because my host mother loves them too but I get a lot of mushroom things here, but I have to say that it's not a bad thing. Then the food was great too and what else was great is that there were mini meetings for each student with our mentor to discuss any problems or concerns. But I have to say that it was nice to know that they let me tell them when things go wrong and to know that they are there for me=)

Another thing this past week was our school delegate elections. We had people in our class volunteer to represent our class similar to how the student council works in the United States and we just wrote the names of the person we wanted to be elected on a piece of paper. And we voted about 3 times till one group had the majority and then we have two different people who will help the teachers with grades and tell the administration any concerns and things our class has that they would like to fix. other then that there's not many new things in France except I went to the theater for the first time to see Taken 2 and I was feeling really proud of myself because I understood almost the whole film=) I actually find it easier to understand movies then normal conversation. I am not sure if thats because the movie has an actual story and the conversation isnt just random and about what ever or if it's because my french has just improved that much. Oh well last thing is that I want to apologize for not writing as often as I would like. I keep telling myself I will do it tomarrow but then I never have time and tell myself Ill do it the next day and the cycle starts over=p Oh well I hope everyone in the states is well. I miss you guys.