I made it to France! I am in Lyon safe and sound, in one piece, and I only got lost in the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport once! And for that reason, it was a pretty successful trip in my eyes.
I left the US at 6pm Cincinnati (eastern) time, and got to Lyon around noon. With the time change. And I slept a total of maaayyybe two hours on the flight over the ocean. Needless to say, I am exhausted. But, I'm settling in to my apartment here. My host family and I had lunch a little while ago and are about to go explore part of the city - Vieux Lyon, which is where the apartment is. Small increments for today. My host mom told me I had to stay up until at least 7 o'clock tonight, so that I can adjust to the France time schedule and not have jet lag too terribly.
The family is suuuper nice - maman, papa, et les trois garcons (they have three boys)! I brought them one of my mom-mom's Cincinnati cookbooks, and the host mom here loved it! She's started reading the introduction and said that she loves to cook! So we're off to a good start :) (Joy, this is for you!) The boys are running around in the hallway right now playing. They're making up for my lack of energy at the moment. :)
My room is so precious. and French. It's at the back of the apartment and has a view of this ginormous hill in the back yard, which is wild growth kinda, with a castle-y figure at the top of the hill. The other side of the apartment faces one of Lyon's two rivers, and we're on the 6th floor so we have a view! Everything is so beautiful, and I've hardly even seen anything yet.
More information (including pictures!) to come. Just letting you all know that I'm safe and loving it so far! While adjusting to the language... but I've been able to communicate with the family thus far. Hooray! Sending so much love back to the US! Bisous!
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