I'm going to France!!!!!

Okay... now Normandy... first of all we went to Honfleur, it was very pretty, then we were SUPPOSED to visit Monet's garden in Giverny, but someone had done some great research, and it was closed, which sucked coz i was really pumped about seeing it and i wanted to by my mum a present from there okay then onto trouville which was cool, pretty similar to Honfleur, but cool all the same. We slept in Honfleur, the hotel was...ah... not the best quality but we had a nice traditonzl meal of pizza... ive eaten alot of Italian while ive been in france. Okay next day we went to a fromagerie and a cidrerie, they were cool, but i dont like cider, pity coz it was dirt cheap 3 euros a bottle, a BIG bottle. Then we went to the Museum in Caen, on world war two, it was very well done, but very sad. We then went to Omoha beach, which was very moving, and yet again very sad. We then visited le Point du Hoc, I'm not sure how to translate that, which was covered with craters, and bunkers. We then went on to Granville where we slept. The next day we visited the Mont st Michel, which involved lots of stairs, and lots of freezing toes. The guide had a funny accent and talked way too fast so I couldn't understand any of what she said. We returned to Granville, where we walked by the sea and through the old part of the town, and ended up getting lost and just going back to the hotel and doing our washing. Slept in Granville again. Okay that takes us to Saturday, and Loche... hmm... if you dont have anything nice to day dont say anything at all.... no thats not entirely true, it did have a nice cathedrale and a nice little castle with alot of history behind it. Sunday we went back to Versailles but stopped by the Chateau de Chambord, which was cool, but once you've seen the chateau de Versailles, nothing is really spectacular.

Okay that takes us to Alsace, I loved Alsace, not as much as versailles, but it really grew on me. The food is a mix between German and French, which is cool, the costumes, with these awesome massive hats!!! I got to see some Alsacian dancers, in authentic costumes, dancing authentic Alsacion dances. It was awesome. In Alsace I stayed in Obernai with my billets, and got to see Strasbourg, Colmar, Riquewihr, Ribeauville and a couple of the other smaller towns which ill have to try and find out the names of. I also saw the Chateau de Hauts-Koenigsbourg and the Mont St Odile, which was very nice, espeically the chapel of tears and the chapel of angels. Saw some other churches, which i also forget the names of, one which was the only example of Austrian Baroque in France, or so the sign said, it was very grand, and very pretty. I think there must be more churches than people in France, because everywhere you turn theres a church or a chapel of some sort. Back in Versailles now, the weather has been interesting fot an Australian, theres some sort of water thing falling out of the sky, something we dont have in australia, well not enough.

Okay first of all I visited the Chateau De Versailles, or the palace of versailles, anyway, only the gardins as it was soooo big. It was very pretty. Okay I go to Normandy tomorrow, so I have to go now, but I will try to update when I go to Alsace, or if not after that.

Okay so day before yesterday it was up at 3:30 (am, airport, & hour flight to sydney. Then it was two hour wait, 8 hour flight to japan and my first step in another country! yay! We stayed at the hotel narita nikko (i think) another girl and I had dinner across the road, it was sooo good and sooo cheap. So then it was sleep, get up at 6 and 12 hour flight to france, then 1 hour bus trip to Versailles, where we met our billets. So now I'm in my billets apartment, typing this. We went shopping this morning, it was so cool, and we drove past the palace, and through versailles home, its so pretty, the whole of versailles, im going to take loads of pictures, it has the whole window boxes with plants and shutters, its wonderful. My billets family is really nice, and her little sisters are so cute I'm having an awesome time, but missing everyone.
I'll try to update as much as possible.

I'm off school today to pack, its super scary and exciting, I saw everyone and said good bye. I know its only a month, but still...
Well I better get back to packing.

OH MY BEJEEBUS! 4 days!!! I'm so scared, nervous, excited, happy, and DID I MENTION SCARED!!!! First time out of Australia, I'm nervous, dreadfully, dreadfully nervous. My finernails will be chewed to a stub before I even leave! I bought the last of the stuff I needed yesterday, including dunlop volleys, best walking shoes ever I have been told. Oh I'm going to miss everyone in Australia so much, but its just so uncomprehendably (I can't remember if its in or un) amazing, another culture, another country, another continent, another hemisphere, another language, ANOTHER WORLD! But I can't wait, I think its going to be such a valuble experience, i can only just begin to imagine what its going to be like. Butterflies in my stomach already, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO PACK!!! AHHH!!!!! CUSTOMS, INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS, PICKPOCKETS, *hyperventialating* *gulp*