So the pictures have come down, the bed has been unmade, my fridge has been emptied, and my train leaves at 5 to take me to Paris, where tomorrow I will board a flight for America to come back home after almost 6 months away. I am very sad to leave.
My last week has been wonderful, seeing everyone and getting all my work done and spending lots of time with the people I love best. Wednesday was a party at Marina's where we met a lot of French people. When the party started it was all of the French in one room and the internationals in another but soon we mixed and pretty soon everyone was laughing and talking over sangria and Catalonian saucisson.
Earlier in the week I had been a bit sick but luckily Sabine took care of me and I was soon back to enjoying dinners at her house and having drinks at Bar de l'U.
Yesterday was my last real day, so fittingly we spent it all together. It snowed alllllll day and after lunch me, Peter, Jürgen, Sara, Soni, and Laura had a snowball fight in the courtyard. I was pretty terrible at it but it was still lots of fun. Then Peter taught me how to make a snowman. We were freezing so we headed to our usual spot, Bar de l'U, and then I bought my fiddle! It's beautiful, I'll have to post pictures. He even gave me a lower price cause he liked me :) It was still snowing heavy after this and the buses stopped running so we walked home to campus (in the snow! uphill both ways hehe) and cooked chicken curry all together. Very yummy and nice to be everyone.
After dinner it was late so we frolicked in the snow and went by my room to talk about the plans for today...then Peter had to tell me goodbye since he'll be gone this weekend. That was so hard-I'm really close to Peter and it was so hard having to say goodbye and knowing I wouldn't see him for a long time. I cried of course...I can only imagine how it will be today with everyone at the train station. After Peter left we chatted a bit and then finally went to bed...I think being alone was the hardest because I really realized it's the end of this amazing adventure and that I have to leave these incredible people behind.
Today has been packing and sorting and praying I'll be able to manage everything. We'll see. I won't get mushy yet...leaving the rest of the group is going to SUCK...I'll probably be blubbering the whole way to Paris and probably America too, so I'll talk about that later.
I'm happy to see everyone at home...I wish I could just bring my Besançon with me too :(
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