Friday The first day of the new year! I spent much of my morning writing letters to friends and family. Now that I know where to find some post boxes and where to buy international stamps, I’ll be sending out letters more frequently. Yes, I did miswrite the date on nearly all of them haha. …
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December 31, 2020
Thursday I slept half the day away! I looked at my phone and discovered I walked over 12 miles in Lyon the day before. Phew! Exhausting, for sure. I decided to take it easy and stay home for New Years. I had a few invitations from folks around me, but after seeing videos of absolutely …
December 30, 2020
Wednesday I took a little trip to Lyon Wednesday! I took the 10:16 bus out of Anthon to Meyzieu where I was able to catch the tram into the city. I was excited because as I left home, snow started to fall! My first snow in France! I was over the moon. Watching it cover …
December 29, 2020
Tuesday I spent the morning cooking up some pancakes and listening to the news. I love listening to the PBS Newshour everyday and they finally uploaded the Monday night episode. I made extra so I could warm them up in the future with my new toaster oven! Around 3:30, one of my coworkers from Pont …
December 28, 2020
Monday Made some real progress on improving my sleep schedule! Just kidding, I woke up at 12. I was invited to a small get together with Louis (my neighbor’s son) and a few of his friends around 2pm. I got up, had some snacks, and went on over. I was the first to arrive, so …
December 27, 2020
Sunday I woke up around 13:00. I think my sleep schedule may be completely ruined. Transitioning back to waking up at 6:00 will be difficult when school starts up again. I spent much of the day resting and recharging my social battery. For those of you that follow the blog, I’m sure you noticed I …
December 26, 2020
Saturday Hard to believe that Christmas came and went! It doesn’t feel like it was ever really here. I woke up at Catherine A’s house and we had a slow breakfast again. Célia had some Spanish to work on with a friend, so I asked if it would be alright for Catherine to drop me …
December 25, 2020
Friday Christmas morning! It was strange to wake up thousands of miles away from home. I really wanted to run downstairs and see my tree with the cat underneath and my family in the living room. I guess the holidays have been the hardest part of being away for me because you know what these …
December 24, 2020
Thursday Christmas feels like a much more important holiday to miss than Thanksgiving. I really enjoy my family traditions and it felt strange to think I would be missing them for the first time. The preceding weeks hadn’t quite felt like the holiday season I’ve known throughout my life. There was no hustle and bustle …
December 23, 2020
Wednesday Catherine A (from coworker MLK in Charvieu) texted me early in the morning to invite me on a day trip to Lyon with her and her daughter Célia. I was picked up in Anthon at 11:00 and by 12:15 we were pulling into the city center. Our goal for the day was to explore …
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