Je suis en France!

After many days of traveling and orientations, I am finally in France with my host family! We arrived in Paris, France on Friday, September 3. After arriving, we went straight to our hostel (hotel). The hostel was better then expected! The rest of the day, we took very long naps, and got to know all the kids from the other countries.

On Saturday, the orientation leaders split us into groups. One group group went into Paris first, and the other had orientations. Then we switched activities after lunch. My group went into Paris first! It was better then expected! We saw all the famous monuments from our bus, but we got to get out to see le tour eiffel.

After our tour we had about 2 hours of orientations. They were surprisingly fun!
That night was full of emotions! We were spilt into our region groups, and given our travel information. I got lucky, and was placed right in Paris, so I didn't have to travel anymore! However, some people had to wake up at 4 am! After our group meetings, I had to say goodbye to all of my new friends... it was very sad.
Onto Sunday! Sunday was the day we were all waiting for! We finally got to meet our host families! My host family arrived at our hostel around 11 to pick me up, and I was so excited I ran straight to them when i saw them. We greeted each other with the traditional french "bisous" or kisses. My family then took me to my new home! It is absolutely gorgeous! My host mom, Laurence, decorated my room in my favorite color, pink!

For lunch my host father, David, made sausage and chicken on the bbq. It was delicious!
Well, I have to go! I will continue the blog with my first day of school later!
a bientot!