We finally finished our 11 final exams on Wednesday! We then had our last dinner at the condorcet together that night! We all pretty much ended up crying because it was so sad to leave a place that had been our home for the last 4 months! One of the girls also made a slideshow which made us cry even harder! Even though it was sad, it was nice to have that time together to say goodbye and relive the memories a little bit! After dinner we all went out and sat around a table at a bar and just talked about our time here and how funny it was to look back to the beginning when
we didn't know anything and were so nervous! We then went to another bar and met all of the other kids who were in our classes so we could say goodbye to them too! That was the hardest part, at least with our group we will see each other again in the fall, but we might not see our other friends we made in class ever again! Wednesday was basically our day of goodbyes, but then from Thursday-Friday, I went to the country with my host family! They have a house in Frôtlois which is about 
80km from Dijon! It was a gorgeous house (pictures throughout the blog) and the house dates back to the 16th century which is incredible! I also loved my room for the night! It was perfectly decorated and very ME! On Thursday we went to Semur-en-Auxois, another medieval town near Frôtlois, and we just walked around! It was a really cute town and much more lively than Frôtlois and Flavigny! There was a race going on while we were there so we kept on having to dodge the runners! Then that evening we had dinner with some of the cousins who were there which was nice! The next day we all got up late and just hung around the house! After lunch I went on a walk around Frôtlois with my host mom and we ended up getting to go inside the castle that was there! It wasn't really a castle because it was from the middle ages, so it looked more like a house! We were able to walk on the terraces
and meet the dogs of the man who lives there! It was really fun! Then we headed back to Dijon because I had to be back for a cocktail with the American parents! That was where we finally actually had to say goodbye to all the girls in our group and to Nathalie! The only part that made the goodbyes easier was that we will see Nathalie in October when she comes to Tacoma, and then of course I will see all the others in August! Even so, leaving the condorcet for the last time was really sad, and walking to the bus stop, and taking our last bus from centreville! I just finished my last meal with my host family as well! Since it's all happening so fast it doesn't feel quite real yet, but I'm sure it will hit me once I get on the train and pull away from Dijon! It really has been an incredible semester here and the experience of a lifetime! Studying abroad was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made in my life!!BUT it's not over yet - updates on Berlin, Prague, Salzburg and Venice to come soon!
