The City of Comics

Bonjour!

After last post I've got so much more information so let's get into it!

16.5.

I sent an e-mail to one Rotary person in my district in France and in the evening when I checked my phone, he had answered. He told me I will be spending my year in Angoulême! It's a city of about 45,000 inhabitants and it's in the department of Charente. I found out that it's the city of comics, there are many big wall paintings on the walls of buildings and the world's third biggest comics festival, Angoulême International Comics Festival, is held there every January. I was so excited (and still am) and can't wait to explore the city! Here you can see some pictures from Angoulême!

23.5.

In the morning, I got an e-mail from my Finnish correspondent saying that she had got my Guarantee Form. She told me she will send it to me and also that I had been accepted to Lycée Saint-Paul! I looked it from the map and it seems that it's quite in the centre of the city!

24.5.

When I came home from school, I saw that my Guarantee Form had arrived! It had a lot of papers, but very quickly I found the information of my first host family! There were names of the host parents and one sister. I sent an email to my hostdad and told about myself and so on. In the evening, I found a girl that I thought could be my host sister, on facebook and sent her a message. She answered and told that yes, she really is going to be my host sister and that she's on exchange in the USA at the moment. She also told me more about her family and I got to know I'm going to have five host siblings! Later I also talked with the dad and it seems that my first host family is as excited as I am!

On Saturday started our summer holiday, and first year in Finnish high school is over! When the school starts again in the autumn, I will be there for four days seeing my friends and then my adventure in France begins! Today it marks only 78 days until my departure! But now, it's time to enjoy the summer and spend as much time as possible with my friends and loved ones!

Nea