Our Last Day in the South of France!

Bon Soir! I don’t think we ever believed we would make it to this day, but today is our last day in Antibes, France. We leave for home tomorrow, bright and early! We spent the whole day today packing and trying to squeeze everything into our suitcases. We wish Mom would have been here to help; she did a great job helping us fit everything in coming over here! At one point we decided we would not be able to fit everything and went looking for another suitcase, but everything was closed because today is a holiday in France. We decided to leave some stuff here in our apartment, threw out some stuff, ate the rest of our food and somehow managed to get everything packed. We have a few extra carry-ons and we two of our suite cases may be overweight but at least it will all make it back to Pennsylvania! Our next-door neighbor, Grandmom, came over to say goodbye and our CEA advisor Kristin also came over to check our apartment before we left so we got to say goodbye to her as well!

We have had a great last week here with lots of beautiful weather and tried out a few different beaches before we left. We spent one day in Nice and went shopping and had Panini’s on the beach for lunch. We went to two beaches in Antibes and one day took a boat to St. Marguerite Island that left from Cannes. The water was the bluest we have ever seen and extremely clear, we had fun exploring the island for part of the day. Our favorite beach was in Juan les Pins, the next town over. They have beautiful beaches there with tons and tons of restaurants and cafes right on the beach. Yesterday we rented lounge chairs from one of the restaurants and spent the day relaxing right along the water. (The best part was that there were no topless women or old men in either their underwear or Speedos in front of us!) It was a great week, the perfect ending to our semester in France! We are SO excited to come home and see everyone even though we will miss being here! Our ride to the airport leaves at 5:00am tomorrow morning and our flight takes off at 7:05am. We have a layover in Germany and in Denmark and then arrive in New Jersey around 2:45pm in the afternoon. We are glad that we will be home just in time for Mother’s day! Hope everyone is doing great and things are going well at home! We will see you very soon! Have a great day!

Love, Jen and Em