As of today, I have a little under six weeks left in Alsace. While some weeks have dragged and there have been times when I thought the weekend would never come, Easter, and my return to England, is almost here. It's mind-boggling to think that I arrived here at the tail end of summer, on a hot September day, and now it is Spring. During my first couple of weeks, introducing myself to new classes, they all asked me how long I was here for. When I replied "7 months", they were surprised that it was such a long time, and I remember those 7 months looming ahead of me and for the life of me not being able to imagine April. But here we are, almost.
The day I got back here after Christmas, I burst into tears on my way back from the supermarket because I couldn't bear the thought of 4 more months here, I sat in my room feeling desperately homesick and useless for about three days, and the French winter just generally didn't agree with me (or anyone else). However this time round, I've decided to approach things in a more positive way. I'm going to make the most of being here to fine tune those tricky bits of the French language that I haven't got the hang of yet and use the (hopefully) better weather to fill my weekends with trips to local bits and pieces, as well as
I really hope I'm not tempting fate with all this positive outlook stuff, and that this motivation actually lasts (I'm currently over tired and running on caffeine) after all I haven't gone back to work yet. But even if work is awful, I've got the weekends to escape :)
Anyway I'll leave it there before I get carried away and actually declare that I love Alsace or something equally as insane. Have a great week everyone!
A bientôt,
Alice :)
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