Maja Gorniak - VIC to France
Tue 22 Jan 2008
Maja Gorniak, from St Columbas College in VIC, is in France on our Summer Explorer Program. Here is her latest news.
As my trip is coming to and end, I thought it might be time to give you guys a bit of an update of how things are. Firstly, my time here has passed ridiculously quickly. But I'm so glad I came, I've learnt so much and had so many amazing experiences that I'll be ever grateful.
I must admit, the first few weeks or so were really hard, being without my family and not being able to speak, but I'm so proud to be able to have pushed through it. I think the main thing was to think positive, and I'm all the better for it!
Anyhow, the Paris trip was also quite good, although very rushed. But it was still really good to be with all the other Aussie's for a little while, to be with others who really understood what I was going through. As for my French, I'm nowhere near fluent, but I can understand almost everything and can speak fairly decently, so I'm pretty proud of that. From now I've done the hardest bit and I can only keep improving. But I can't believe that I'm leaving in two weeks, that I'll probably never see some of these people again, or at least for a few years. I just find that so bizzarre. Especially my host family though. I've become ridiculously close with them, and now I can't imagine living without them.
Even so, I'm happy to go home and see my family and friends and resume my 'real' life! I've attached a few photos, because I remembered you saying at orientation that you liked to see photos.
Au revoir!
Maja
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