January: Late, haha

So January was a month of a lot of nothing. It's sucks when there are months when nothing happens...
The most difficult part of January was that I had just finished a jam-packed Christmas vacation and then all I had to look forward to was school that didn't matter, and cold weather, Oh and did I mention 30-minute metro rides at least twice a day, usually both under cover of darkness. It really messed with my mind to arrive and leave school in nighttime darkness. School became a chore, everything became a chore, I kind of stayed France side because trying to explain my difficulties to others would have just been to difficult and frustrating for me.

I did get to travel 2 weekends to see friends, once in Caen, and once in Le Havre. Both get-togethers were full of Rotary kids and good times. It was nice to see people that were familiar and also going through a lot of the same things as me, and over all else, in Caen, a friend's host mom, made the most deliciously perfect cheesecake that I've ever tasted. I also got to visit 2 cities in Normandie that I hadn't seen before. Le Havre was very new and industrial and nothing really all that interesting, other than the beach, which was really beautiful. Caen is a city that I would really like to go back to. like Le Havre most of the Caen was destroyed in the bombardments of WWII, but the  thing that I liked about Caen is that the Ruins were still able to be seen everywhere, whereas the ruins in Le Havre were cleared out to make room for budding industry and commerce.

Le Havre, Fountain in front of City Hall

Anyway, when January was gone, I was more than delighted. Not only had the days become a little longer, but I had started to solidify my friendships with the other Rotary students, but also with kids in my High School. with February and February break just around the corner, things were looking up!