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Day 19.... / Jour dix-neuf...
After getting little to no sleep last night as it was unbearably clammy and sticky and my mind just would not switch off, i am in a surprisingly good mood apart from a headache I can feel creeping in. Quick better whip out my panadol. Diamonds are a girls best friend? Please... It's clearly panadol !
My wonderful breakfast of French pain, chocolat chaud and a relaxing shower have set me up for my day of waiting, reading, stressing and hopefully landing.
I am sad to be leaving Bordeaux and France. Surprisingly enough I am becoming more at home here, feeling less like a foreigner I suppose (apart from the skin, but hey, we all comes in different packages, right?)
When I first arrived I was a bit shellshocked as I was really alone for the first time in ages, it kind of tainted my view of the city. Now I think i'm seeing Bordeaux through rise tinted glasses ( je vois la vie en rose), after my amazing and fulfilling experience in La Giraudière, truly understanding and living the rural french life, where no one has died from a hard days work, I can tell you, I am warmed inside. I feel so far from alone that when I was site seeing yesterday and now departing today I feel as If i know this place. Possibly from learning the language and from talking to so many french people, I now understand la grande-ville de Bordeaux and France as a whole mieux/better. That's what I was aiming for, so je suis une fille contente maintenant/ I am a happy girl now.
After an eventful afternoon at the airport I was delighted to see the dull, bleak and wet skys of Ireland. I was emotional seeing my mother and so so excited to see my friends. I arranged to surprise my friends by telling them all I was supposed to be home Sunday. Hehehe. So today I surprised them all by arriving a day early, they were happy to see me, and I them of course. It was just heart warming to be able to pick up exactly were I left off with them. Roll on the summer of fun together!
I am so happy to have had this formidable experience in France. La Giraudière is an unusual place, perfect for some unique experiences. My mind has been broaden by all the new people I have met, places I have seen and things I got to experience. I have been influenced by every single person I have met travelling to France. I hope I have provided those people with some memories as they have for me.
I am home now snuggled in my bed under a duvet ( A DUVET? What a foreign entity this is to me now). I am incredibly proud of myself for doing this and I think I am better now because of it, however I feel I would not have been able to do something like this had my parents not always encouraged me to be independent and adventurous and had my brother and sister not set such wonderful examples for me, in regards being fearless to the unknown.
If you are reading this entry as part of the whole blogging series or just stopping by to see what the craic is about, thank you.
Peut-être à bientôt,
Aisling Moloney,
The adventures of Aisling Moloney.
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