I have found it really difficult this last week saying good bye to everyone. I can't believe I am leaving tomorrow morning for Paris for more things with the organization then returning home to the states late Sunday night. It just doesn't feel real since I am still here. Then last week I had to say good bye to half of my class who went to Denmark for their English class. The other half stayed with me and we all started to get along really well at the the end of my exchange. We did get a class picture of the class that was still here this last week and I got a picture with everyone I am close to. I found it especially hard saying goodbye to half of my host familly that I see pretty much every day of the week since we all became close. I know it will have to be wierd for them too not having another daughter in the house after school almost everyday. Then evern worse tomorrow morning when I go to the train station to take the TGV to Paris I know I will probably cry since I have some other AFS students, friends from school, and my familly coming to see me off. Oh well I will come back to see everyone one day=) or they can come to the states one day and we can all meet up. I love all these people they are so nice to me and I have to say that the exchange students from all the different countries are my favorite people. You can talk to them about everything and you all become best friends after an hour, and the best part is that they always know what you are going through. One good thing is that now when I want to travel places I know people in other countries that I can visit and I have about five or six new penpals=).
Looking back on my exchange I think one of my favorite things that I decided to do was when I had free time in the city or wherever I would go and explore a new place or just walk and see where it led me at least once a week. Doing so I found some old buildings with lots of history, old castle ruins, and some cool little shops. I found it interesting because it led me see things that weren't completely touristic and that not everyone who comes to France will see or find. The other things I will have to say that I am happy I did was always finding times to get together with people and trying lots of different foods. I didn't like everything I ate here, but I am happy I tried it and would have been disappointed later if I didn't.
Finally since it's my last post I just want to thank everyone who has been supporting me here with this semester abroad. I want to thank the Capper family(I am sorry if I accidentily mispelled the name!) for helping me get to be here, and my familly imparticularly. It was such a great experiance even if I didn't love every minute of it and there were some pretty boring times. I will miss it here, but I will definatly not forget my memories of things that happened or my friends! So thanks again! Merci beaucoup!=)
-Lydia M. Johnson=)
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