{"id":654,"date":"2017-03-24T19:11:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.klemlyn.co.nz\/SophiaInFrance\/?p=654"},"modified":"2017-03-29T19:16:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T19:16:40","slug":"la-dixieme-et-neufieme-semaine-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.klemlyn.co.nz\/SophiaInFrance\/uncategorized\/la-dixieme-et-neufieme-semaine-9\/","title":{"rendered":"La dixi\u00e8me et neufi\u00e8me semaine (9 and 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sophia, you haven&#8217;t updated in 2 whole weeks! Your almost 3 weeks behind on your blog, oh the horror!&#8221; Yes, I know, but last Wednesday I was hit really hard with homesickness and couldn&#8217;t summon up the energy to write about it.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function(event) { \r\n\tjQuery( '#slider-pro-3-681' ).sliderPro({\r\n\t\t\/\/width\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 1000,\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/height\r\n\t\t\t\theight: 500,\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/auto play\r\n\t\t\t\tautoplay:  true,\r\n\t\tautoplayOnHover: 'none',\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tautoplayDelay: 5000,\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\tarrows: true,\r\n\t\tbuttons: true,\r\n\t\tsmallSize: 500,\r\n\t\tmediumSize: 1000,\r\n\t\tlargeSize: 3000,\r\n\t\tfade: true,\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\/\/thumbnail\r\n\t\tthumbnailArrows: true,\r\n\t\tthumbnailWidth: 120,\r\n\t\tthumbnailHeight: 120,\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthumbnailsPosition: 'bottom',\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcenterImage: true,\r\n\t\timageScaleMode: 'cover',\r\n\t\tallowScaleUp: true,\r\n\t\t\t\tstartSlide: 0,\r\n\t\tloop: true,\r\n\t\tslideDistance: 5,\r\n\t\tautoplayDirection: 'normal',\r\n\t\ttouchSwipe: true,\r\n\t\tfullScreen: true,\r\n\t});\r\n});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\r\n<div id=\"uris-slider-title\">\r\n\t<h3 class=\"uris-slider-post-title\">week 9-10<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"slides-not-found\"><i class=\"fa fa-times-circle\"><\/i> No Slide Found In Slider.<\/div> \n<p>I&#8217;ll start with last week &#8211; the hardest of my exchange so far. I spent most nights crying, and despite constantly trying to find things to do I just couldn&#8217;t seem to keep my mind off home.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately this week has been so much better, I haven&#8217;t had any homesickness ( just one scare), and am really enjoying school again. I noticed several things during my &#8220;down phase&#8221;, firstly I lost my appetite which really didn&#8217;t help with the fatigue that I get from the long days, and I also realised I haven&#8217;t been going to bed early enough. I had a chat with Elisabeth (my host mother) and she said she could cook dinner earlier (we normally start eating at about 8:30-9ish which is when I would normally be in bed in NZ) which was very nice of her. I now go to bed at 9:15 and it actually makes all the difference to my mood!<\/p>\n<p>After a very difficult emotional Wednesday, my friends were very relieved to see me back to my smiley self. On Friday we all had a free period last so we went to Ilona&#8217;s house and ate totally nut free pastries that her mum made that were amazing!! I then had my flute lesson, and then skyped my brother when I got back to the house. It&#8217;s days like these I can&#8217;t remember why I could ever have been sad.<\/p>\n<p>I kept pretty busy over the weekend, on Saturday morning I went to a nearby town to search a second hand store for summer clothes, but apparently I&#8217;m the only one who thinks it is warm enough to wear short sleeve t shirts because I found NOTHING.It was actually the first day of spring on the 20th, it&#8217;s so weird to think it&#8217;s the opposite in NZ. After visiting the market I went kayaking with Lina and the kayak club. At first I felt a bit lonered because every one was already such great friends, but once I actually got in there it was really fun, I got splashed a lot and fell out once \u00a0(on purpose!) \ud83d\ude42 I think I&#8217;ll make a habit of going there, they seem like really cool, genuine people.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning was spent doing my favourite pastime &#8211; sleeping. I then tidied my room and we had a guest over for lunch. I chilled out for an hour or too &#8211; it was great to do nothing without feeling homesick so I really relished in it and just read. Elisabeth took me to see a castle straight out of my 5 year old dreams in the afternoon. I couldn&#8217;t take any photos while inside but it was good because it meant I could fully appreciate it. 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I spent the afternoon with my neighboor, a nice lady called Evelin, whose fog I walk most weekends, we went to a nearby lake and had a delicious afternoon tea of tarts and pastries \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Although its been a rough patch I have seen the &#8220;rainbow after the rain&#8221;, Louise is arriving back tomorrow (she went on a 1 week exchange to Germany with her class) and I can&#8217;t wait to here about it!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sophia, you haven&#8217;t updated in 2 whole weeks! 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