Presque Fini...

      Woah. I'm sitting here looking back at my last blog post and it feels like I wrote it yesterday. I can't believe how quickly time has gone by! I'm finally finished with school. The last trimestre was intense, with lots of evaluations and homework. Especially because my grade was preparing for the Brevet, a super important end of...

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Paris, la plage, et beaucoup des photos!!

Ok, I am finally sitting down to write this very overdue post. I have been crazy busy the entire vacances! I have so much to write about, and have taken tons of photos. I almost feel like I should break it up into two posts, but I'm about to go back to school so I don't know when the next time I'll be able to write is. I'll try my best to fit it...

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Pontrieux Life

So, I haven't posted in a while because I've been super busy! The rest of les vacances were great. I visited the beach, and another American AFS exchange student, my friend Natalie, came to visit and stay with my host family for a few days. School has been back in session for 3 weeks, and every day is packed! I've taken my first tests for each of my...

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Rennes

Recently, I took a day trip to Rennes, which is an hour away from my town by train. I met up with two other American exchange students and we spent the day shopping and sightseeing. It is a really cool city with lots of stuff to do. I hope to go back soon. Here are some photos from the day. Oh yeah- little did we know that we would...

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Les Vacances Commence!

So, I've been in school here for about 4 weeks now I think. I was sick for a while so I missed a few days. All of my teachers are patient with me and they understand that I won't be able to keep up with the rest of the class sometimes, so they help me out when they can, which is very nice. French school is hard. I feel like the mentality amongst the students is much more serious than in American high school, and the curriculum is a lot...

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A Few Photos...

My host mom has taken me sightseeing several times and it's been lovely. Just driving around out here is so beautiful because the clouds are always moving and the light is shifting and there are frequent rainbow sightings! The countryside is beautiful and quiet yet there is still a lot to take in. Here are some pictures I've taken so far at a few of...

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