Hey Everyone.

Sorry I have been so slow with my blog but my laptop has been out of action for the past two weeks, but its back up and running now so I thought it was about time I finally got onto my blog.

So after the holidays I changed host families to my 3rd and final host families. Its been going really good with them and I'm having an awesome time.

I have started school again. Im in 2nde again (The equivalent of 5th form) which isnt that bad. The only down point is that im with kids who are about 3 years younger than me. Its still good fun and school is a lot more interesting now I understand everything (My french improved HEAPS during the holidays).

2 weeks after school started I had a Rotary weekend to meet all the new students in my district. We have a bunch of new kids from Mexico, USA, Canada, Sweden and a bunch of other countries. Most of the weekend was spent explaining the rules and how to get things organised so I spent most of the time translating all the French into English which was really fun. I also have quite a few new students who live in Nantes so we catch up every now and then. In Nantes there are 2 Mexicans, 1 Canadian, 1 American, 1 Swede and a German. Its been good fun showing them around and pretending to be wise and experienced.

After the Rotary weekend I had two weeks of school before out next Rotary weekend, which was a trip to Mt St Michel, plus my parents were coming to visit. My parents arrived on the Friday afternoon before the trip so I took them on a little tour of my city. It was cool to show them around where I had been living for the past 9 months. It was interesting to see that they found it so beautiful because I dont see it like that anymore. Its where I live and its just become a part of everday. Having their fresh opinion made me love Nantes even more.
That night we had a dinner with my 3 host families and my parents which was kind of strange to have my real parents and the people who had pretending to be my parents in the same room although at the same time it was really cool.

The next morning we got up pretty early to go to Angers (A town nearby) to catch a bus, with the rest of my district, to Mt St Michel. When we arrived we had 30 mins to have a quick look around Mt St Michel then we got shown our cabins where we were staying for the weekend. There were about 4 districts there so I got some time to catch up with some friends who I hadnt seen since Eurotrip so that was really really cool. We all had lunch and then we went for a walk across to a big rock(We dont know why). You can only walk over at low tide and it was a bit muddy so it made for an interesting walk.

The next day we had a proper tour of Mt St Michel. We were supposed to have a look inside the church at the top but I didnt go. I figured that I have spent enough hours this year looking around churches. Once you've seen one, you've seen them all. It was quite interesting just looking around, although it is so touristy that it was annoying.
After the tour we had a final lunch and then had to say goodbye to everyone before we left. It was quite sad because it was our last Rotary weekend for the year so it was the last time I saw lots of my friends.

The Monday after the weekend I got up early with Mum and Dad and we took the train to go to Tours. We rented a car and spent the next 2 days looking around the Loire Valley region and going through all the important chateaus which was amazing and it was so cool to see my parents again and spend some time with them.

After seeing my parents I have just been going to school and spending time with the exchange students in Nantes, although I have been spending most of my time at home with my host family.
I haven't got much planned for the rest of the year. I have just started the holidays today so I have 2 weeks where I will just be hanging around Nantes and maybe organising some fun stuff with the other exchange students. e.g. Go-karting, laser strike etc.
Next holidays I am FINALLY going to get to visit Paris with my host family. Im sure it will be awesome and im really looking forward to it.

Other than that. Only a little more than 2 months until I come home. My French friends have started asking me the famous question that gets on the nerves of every exchange student. "Are you excited to be going home?". Truth is, no. It will be really cool to come home after a year and get back into the swing of normal life but i'm REALLY not looking forward to leaving.

Good luck to everyone for the exams.
See you all Soon.