St Germain en Laye (point A) just west of Paris 20 km. Versailles lies South of point A, and holds the closest meeting house. It takes 50 minutes by train but lucky for me, I get Sundays and Saturdays off.
People are always asking me what are my plans after high school? Am I playing rugby? Going to school? Then I tell them what I am doing and there are two main reactions. Jealous or "are you crazy?". Usually the parents asking my parents if they are crazy letting me do this.
I understand the parents view on this, I mean letting your daughter go over to France for ten months...
...definitely insane.
Here's the plan. I went through an agency and website called
www.interchange.com and signed up to become an au pair for a family. They found me a host family (more on that later) and I arrive in France August 30th. 87 days.
Our graduation theme this year was "every ending is a new beginning". Even though the graduation was fun, I'm ready to turn the page and start a new chapter in my life and this blog is my aid in writing my story. So follow along as I embark on a new leg of the race.