Summer Exploration 2007

However, you find your ways and looking back now I realize how foolish it is to start off with those feelings because eventually they all evolve into laughter and the improvement in my French is unbelievable. You learn to laugh at yourself and your failed attempts to say something and you experience extreme pride and joy when you do master another French concept. You also eventually find yourself at home. My second night in France I tried to ask my host mother if I could help her with dinner but instead she insisted I watch TV – “The Simpsons” – in French of course, and seeing some familiarity after such changes was comforting.

Holly in Amboise

Friends Hanging out After School

This trip was only four weeks long and I realize, regardless of the amount of time, you really get to know your group members and you really become somewhat of a family because you are all lost, overwhelmed, and amused by the differences but brought together by one thing—a foreign culture.

Getting ready for a paddle boat trip