I feel like I've been using this word a lot this week. Anytime anyone asks me how I feel about leaving France. Like I really do like where I live, and though I had to deal with some cultural shock and getting adjusted to French culture, I really do enjoy the little mountain village I live in. There are a lot of particularities here that I don't experience elsewhere in France, and I definitely want to come back to the Hautes Alpes (and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) region. I'll miss being able to speak in another language and be introduced to new things all the time. And more importantly, though working drained me every day (also who was going to tell me that everyday was one word), I'm going to miss my students they're the cutest. The high schoolers were funny, and I found out on Tuesday that most of my students didn't know that I could speak/comprehend French which explains why they would say wild stuff, but also am I really that good at hiding my thoughts that I don't physically react to things. I guess new ability unlocked. But my high schoolers were little rascals, but on the last day we ate PB&Js and gummies, and they asked me about my overall experience in France, and my responses were overall pretty positive. Then with my middle schoolers in my fave teacher's class, we simply ate and played games the whole time. It was nice and made me very sad because I knew that this was going to be the last time that I will more than likely see them. It made me sad, but I took some pictures to soften the blow, and hopefully our memories will be enough. I hope that one day I can talk to them and check in on them, I'm interested in where they will go in life and I really do hope they'll have a good life :,)
To seal up my experience in Veynes, I went to one of my fave restaurants and got fish and chips (the usual) and went to the plan d'eau which is actually the first place I visited when I came to Veynes, so my stay came full circle. The next time I post, I won't be in France anymore 😞 which is kinda crazy, but life goes on. With this post, I wish France an adieu.
Wowie, I had a whole long sappy thing I was going to say but I think mommy summed it up pretty well :) I love the photos too: your kids look like a lot of fun (your classes are so small tho, but I can’t be surprised since your village is small)! Cheers to our time in France 🥲
Wow your post truly touched my heart and your kids look like so much fun they look like they have a lot of character so it makes sense that you miss them but you have these photos and I’m sure you have 100 stories to tell about each and everyone of them just be grateful for the experience it looks like it will be branded in your head and your heart forever thank goodness at least it will make you smile whenever you think of it the mountains are beautiful and you were very fortunate to get to see that every day thank goodness you can go back and visit and hopefully you’ll make a blog with your teachers and…