It's wednesday.

It's wednesday everyone. I'm sitting in my room, after just getting back from seeing the start of a hot air balloon race in the city park. I spent the day doing nothing really, cause my host parents were both at work, therefore I was left with my little host brother, which was cool. We went for a walk and played board games and I learned a little more French, and I think we both had fun. I'm leaving for my orientation weekend tomorrow, and there I'll meet all the other exchange students from my district, which will be kinda fun, I hope. In the next two hours I hope to post the airport and plane ride blog post thing, but right now I'm working on gathering clothes for this weekend. It's a lot harder than one would assume. 

À bientôt!

Paris... Again.

So hey guys. I'm in Paris again, and it's early, and i'm tired. But it's so worth it. Today one of my host sisters, Julie, leaves for her exchange in Binghamton, New York. For those of you interested, today is my third day in country, and it's already a really great experience. My host family is nothing but nice, and understanding. My thoughts are so jumbled  though because we woke up at 6AM this morning and it's hard getting used to a six hour time difference, mais j'en doute que je serais plus contente de maintenant, car je peut comprendre toute que mon famille hôte dis à moi. Donc. I'll follow up with more later, but as of right now that's what I'm up to. I'll get to an airport post later, unless I've already done so... i honestly don't remember.

France: i am in you.

I've done it. I made it safely to Paris. Now onto Luxembourg.

38 thousand feet

Flying through the air in a metal tube at 38 thousand feet seems really thrilling, no? Yeah, it's really not. Besides the fact that you're basically stuck in a chair for eight  hours with only what you brought and a few movies on the screen in front of you, there's really not much to do. But I've ate the candy I was given, (thanks zia and shay, and i shared, i hope that's okay) and I read the letter that I was instructed to leave until the plane ride over and it was perfect. (Thanks shay) I also made some quick acquaintances with some other rotary exchange students, as well as the group of French students going back to Paris. 

Bisous,

Niklas

Final day

So today, after months of paperwork and interviews and orientations and visa applications and weekend trips to the states, today is the day I board a plane to my final destination for the year. France. I just wanted to take this time to thanks everyone who's supported me on my journey, especially my friends who've given me the strength to do this, it truly wouldn't have been possible without you. And now, I take my leave because I still have stuff to do. (hooray for leaving it to the last minute!) 

I can count the number of days on one hand.

So today, I was sitting in the car on my way to London to visit family for the last time before I leave, listening to Taylor Swift's White Horse, and it hit me that this is real and there are four days left and some of the people I've said goodbye to already I won't see for a whole year and I almost started crying because oh my gosh this is happening all too fast and i don't know how to handle it and my goodness this is going to be so much fun but it's going to be so tough and just I really don't know how to deal with my emotions right now... They're literally all over the place. There are so many people I know I'm going to miss but I know they're happy for me but still it's a crazy feeling. So this is my life; welcome. Side note: Taylor Swift's album Fearless is kinda describing my situation perfectly at the moment, so take a good listen. 

Parties and Little Time

Hey guys,

So yesterday I had my going away party, coupled with my sister's grad party and it was a lot of fun! I really want to thank everyone that showed up, with special shout outs to those who came from out of town and all my friends that showed up to say goodbye. It's really tough having to say goodbye to all my family members and people that I really care about, but I know they wish me well and I'm really grateful of everyone supporting me on this.

IN OTHER NEWS, I'm still waiting on my visa to come back, so I can get plane tickets, and set a return date and other things like that. It's really stressful right now, and I honestly can't even tell you how scared/excited/nervous/anxious/fdsoahgiojrieosahfiodjsaiofesa I am right now. There's less than three weeks before I leave and honestly it feels like I have so much to do. It's insane, and it sucks because I'm freaking out but there's nothing I can do but wait.

Cheers,
Niklas