Vive La France: February-March

Bonjour, Salut!

The month that has been has been fun and exciting and full of many great times.

Well in the past month as you all know it was my birthday, i had a lovely day and went to Angers a town around 1.5 hours away by bus with my two good friends Humberto and Ellie. we spent the day looking around at the shops and having a lunch together, funally enough while i was there i bumped into a friend from New Zealand which was very funny and random. my host family made my birthday lovely they brought me some gifts and a delicious cake, i must find the name of it and get the recipe so i can make it when i get home so you can all taste how good it is:) How many people can say that they spent their 17th Birthday in France shopping, watching the sunset over the countryside of France and with great people? i bet not many can but hey i'm part of the small percentage that can say they did, so amazing.:)

I went to a beautiful castle that used to be the castle in which the royal family of France lived it was called the AZAY-LE-RIDEAU-CHATEAU. it have a huge pond and a walkway around it through all the lovely gardens, i like how i find out so much history about so many places. i went to the royal ballroom and dining hall and all over the castle it's exiting to think about all the wonderful and beautiful things and events that have happened where i stood. i went there on the 27th of February. The castle was built in 1537 so it is really old and it was occupied until the 18th century and in 1905 the state bought the chateau and its gardens.

I had a two week holiday that finished a week ago and in the holidays my family took me to a beautiful cathedral called the cathedral of angers it was huge and had many beautiful stainglass windows, it was built in the 12th century it is 77m high with amazing towers. It is a very famous cathedral in France . Also in the holidays La fleche had a carnival, i had lots of fun there with my host siblings and my friend ellie we went on lots of rides and ate candy floss and toffee apples, i love how france has street carnivals and they just block off a street. it was lots of fun

For the last week of the holidays i went to Bretagne. Bretagne is the west coast of france. It was so nice to breathe in the nice open ocean air and to relax. i went on lots of day trips i went to a cathedral in Quimper called 'Saint Corentin' it was very beautiful. all the past Biships coffins are all in there and there were many candles around where people have prayed. quimper is my favorite town so far it was so beautiful and lovely. In Bretagne they eat alot of seafood so to my dislike i ate lots of seafood including stingray!!!! which to me was very very strange. Bretagne is very famous for cider, Seafood, Crepes and Pottery. Each day we went for long walks around the port and the beach. Here in europe i found the beaches are very different instead of sand there is big boulders and rocks. All the churches in Bretagne on by the sea because the french used to believe that it would protect them( not to sure why)

I also had a day where i got to meet all the other exchange students that are in my district in france which was really nice and i met lots of new friends. it so awesome to have friends from all around the world that i will hopefully stay in contact with throughout my life. Will be helpful for my future travels.

This month has been quite busy and i have had lots of fun! next month i am going to Spain On a school trip for 5 days which i can't wait for it's going to be so much fun!! and in June off to England so there is lots to look forward to in the next few months.