Belcastel et des chevaux

Bonjouur!

Good but.. busy weekend! My host family and I went to visit one of the the prettiest villages in France, "Un plus beau village du France". Belcastel was truly amazing but what I loved the most was seeing those antique cars! Both my host dad, David and mom, Sandra are big fans of not only antique cars but in particularly the Beetle Volkswagen, which I also adore! The first time I drove a car was a Beetle, they're a lot of fun. Not only do my host parents like them so do my host grand-parents, which are also my second family! Sandra's father displayed his very own  "Deux Chevaux" this weekend, he has a 1957, completely refurbished!!! It was all really interesting and a joy to be a part of the same liking. I looking forward to this upcoming weekend, we are going to South of France, Montpellier and around that area. We are going to another venue/convention of Volkswagen cars such as Beetle's, Buggy's and the vans! I'm super excited not only about the cars but about going to see a little bit a South of France.

Bel Castel

Sandra's dad Deux Chevaux, a whole bunch of admire's 

Deux  Chevaux Venue

Venue

Chateau du Belcastel

My wonderful host parents and Gabin

An antique house for visits 

Then on Sunday, there was a bit of a Rotary get together just between the other exchange student, Justin and my counselor, Thierry and his wife, Laurence. Thierry has a beautiful house up in Lunac which is about 25 minutes from Villefranche but another 20 minutes from where I live. It was "far" but totally worth the drive. It was a wonderful lunch to just talk about everything and all get to know each other better!

First Rotex (Aug 28-Aug 30)

Salut! I'm sorry for my disappearance, I have not had WiFi since I returned from my Rotary Inbound & Rebound weekend! This is the post I wrote:

Yesterday I returned from " Le Lac Chambon "! This is where Rotary District 1740 held its first rotex for the exchange year 2015-2016. In this rotex there was all the inbounds (students on exchange) and returning rebounds (students back from exchange). I finally got to meet everyone that is on Rotary exchange around me!! It was awesome, not only did I get to meet lot of new friends, Rotary being amazing as it is planned out some activities such as visiting a castle!

Climbing up to the Castle!

Le Chateau de Murol

Villefranche de Rouergue Group:
Justin ( Exchange student from U.S), Me, Laurence- Thierry's wife and Thierry my counselor) 

Le Lac Chambon

Rotex

Helena, Thayna and Me

"Brazucas na Franca"

Rebounds/Inbounds France 2015/2016: District 1740

Group selfie

C A N A D A !

I left friday morning at 7:15 AM from my house to get to Villefranche de R. to meet Justin, the other exchange student and his host mom along with Laurence- my counselor's wife. Laurence drove me and Justin to Montepellier to meet her husband and daughter. That was not on route to get to Lake Chambon but we had to meet up with them and go to their daughter's apartment to drop her off. When we met we all went for lunch... to McDonalds! McDonald's in France is different... it's a lot more advanced in many ways and the food I have to admit was better and there was lot more options and variations. 

After the stop at their daughter's apartment we were on route but far away from Lake Chambon. In total it took us about 10 hours or so to get there but it's actually only about 3-4 hours from where my host city is. 

The weekend consisted of constant chatting and activities.The first day was everyone introducing themselves and getting organized. Second day we went had 3 orientations, paddle boating and on a quest to retrieve flags, talent show and lots of pictures! On the final day we got together to talk about Rotary and the upcoming Rotex, Bus trips, etc- then onto Chateau de Murol... Then HOME!

It was an awesome weekend and I already miss it. I hope all the other exchange students the best with their exchange year. I'm excited for the next get together to come. Thank you Rotary for making this all possible. :)