One more year, please??

Well here I am: halfway through the first day of the last week of my life...in Angers that is, let's not be too dramatic, Laura. Even though that's what if feels like! I am sad to leave Angers and France and Europe...very sad. I have been doing so many things lately, too much fun to count, too much to record it all. And, actually, it's no longer novel; it seems normal to live here and I feel like I'm being ripped away, not walzing out of the country.

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Strasbourg was a great city to visit -the architecture was a bright mixture of German and French and the cathedral really was as great as everyone kept saying. It's built from the red stones typical of the Alsace region; a deep red with black and brown streaking through it. A stone that seems to be a dirty brown from far away and then reveals its fascinating colors up close.

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This past week has held some of the best memories of all! Picnics and grass fights; longer, sunny days and warmer evenings; concerts and walking; coffee and gardens. In short, all of my very favorite things.