Getting Ready to Get Ready

           Well, it is now Sunday the 22^nd, which means that I have less than a week in Bordeaux before I leave to travel around with Gabrielle and Bethany! I must say that I am getting pretty excited.  Though I do not want to leave Bordeaux and my host family and all of the French friends that I have made, I am really looking forward to exploring other parts of Europe, make new international friends and even visiting unknown relatives! I leave this Saturday to go to London for two days where I will be staying with my friend Adam (my Australian “brother” who stayed with the Michaud’s from March-April).  After that I go to Salzburg to meet up with Gabrielle.  From there we go to Slovenia (staying with family of course!) and then heading to Milan to meet up with Bethany.  Once Bethany gets there we are planning on traveling along the south of France, up to Bordeaux for a day or two, and then heading up to Paris to visit Tristan for four days.  From there we hop over to Switzerland (staying with the family of our oh-so-wonderful friends Dan and Julie Smith (we are SO bringing you back some gifts to show our gratitude!)).  We fly back to LA out of Zurich on the 20^th of June and then it’s done! Summertime in California is just around the corner, and I am so looking forward to it!