Bonjour, Versailles!

Oh. Mon. Dieu. I arrived in Paris yesterday around 10:30 am French time after getting about 2 hours of restless sleep on the plane and I honestly still can't believe that I'm sitting in my French family's home. I feel like I should still be freaking out about packing, bringing too much stuff (which I did) and what my family is going to be like (they're AWESOME by the way). 

After arriving at the airport we traveled straight to Versailles to meet our families. Needless to say most of us were freaking out the entire bus ride, but for me at least, there was absolutely no reason to worry. My French mom, Brigitte, and one of her SEVEN children, Aponine, met me at the bus and quickly took me back to their house so we could eat a delicious lunch of lapin et champignons (rabbit and mushrooms) before Brigitte took her youngest son, Stanley, to school. The rest of the afternoon was spent talking to other members of the family and being led around Versailles by Margeurite (another one of Brigitte's daughters) and her friends. I pretty much just listened to them speak incredibly fast French most of the time with Margeurite taking short breaks to translate a few things for me. 

I can't really describe how amazing it feels to be here and I don't even know why I was worried at all about coming. Versailles is so beautiful, the food is amazing, and my host family is so incredibly nice and welcoming. I don't think I could have asked for a better family for me. I wish I could spend more time with them before we go into Paris for the orientation, but really I'm pretty excited about seeing Paris again! 

(P.S. Surprisingly, I have not taken any pictures yet so I'll definitely be getting on that so I can post some on here!)