Back in France

Well, somehow I made it back to France. It was another long 24-hour trip. I guess it takes me exactly one day from door to door.

This time I had a layover in Detroit. It was only about an hour, so it wasn’t too bad. We also had a really good tailwind on the trip to Paris, so we landed about an hour early.

Even though I was early I barely made the train to Belfort. First it takes forever to get off the plane because they put you on a bus to take you to the terminal. I was in the back of the plane, so I had to wait even longer. Then after getting my luggage I had to take the train into Paris. Then I had to take the metro to another train station, and by the time I bought my ticket and got on the train I had 6 minutes to spare. At least I made it. I really didn’t want to wait another 3 hours for the next train!

There seemed to be a lot of people everywhere I went yesterday, so it was really hard to move with all my luggage. When I came back to California I only brought Christmas presents, so I could bring some more clothes back with me. I had a lot of stuff, and I must have looked pretty funny because everyone was staring at me.

Sarah gets back today and Mandy comes in on Sunday. I am looking forward to seeing them. I go back to teaching on Monday. Right now I really don’t want to think about planning lessons, but I will probably just do review the first week. I am sure the kids will need it after having 2 weeks off.

It was a lot of traveling but well worth it. I had a good time, and I am happy to be back in Belfort speaking French again!