Au Revoir, Last days in Paris
Last Day of French Class
During the last days of school, I feel like everything that I was being taught just became easier and grammar started to make sense also with my vocabulary getting bigger. There were a lot of times where I just felt as if I would never be able to understand French grammar and was very frustrated at myself for not understanding much of anything. When you can’t follow what is being said, and the words sound more like a buzzing noise, trying to learn the grammar can be very difficult. But progress has been made, both in me and all the other students. I am still amazed at my classmates’ progress in French during our stay.
Going back to America I think will be extremely odd for me. Little things like just getting in a car to go some place down the street will be strange. I have only been in an automobile
Me and My Host Mom
less than 10 times since I have been in Amboise for the past month. I will miss the way of eating meals here. I found myself eating cheese and baguettes for lunch then always having salad, main entrée, side dish, then delicious French cheese, and homemade desserts for dinner. I will certainly take home a different style of eating that I have found is quite balanced with salad and a lot of vegetables. My host mother has been the best host mother I could have ever asked for, she has been there when I needed her, and has been excellent support during this month. The last dinner I had with her she had told me that I was the twenty-third student she had hosted and I will be the last. Leaving Amboise, is going to be difficult I must admit it has become my home away from home and I will surely miss it.
Rainy Day in Paris
We are visiting Paris for the last three day, and that just doesn’t seem to be enough time to see the city. And, of course, it has decided to rain. We have so much planned to do while we are here I can’t wait; each day will be very busy. They might need to put breathing on the agenda while running around from museum to monument. I don’t think I will really want to go on the plane back home to America. I miss my family and dog but I feel much attached to France. But yet, while packing all my clothes and things, which have seemed to multiply this past month, I wonder what has happened back home while I was gone.
When visiting an area, normally you stay for a couple of days and leave after visiting the few big tourist spots. It was not until I actually remained in one place for a few weeks that I felt the culture and way of life. Staying in one small town really for a month really opened a window to the French way of life and made me feel like a local, and AYUSA makes that experience possible.
