Vive le Vent, Vive le Vent Vive le vent d'hiver (jingle bells melody)

SO this is it my final days in France are really winding down I only have one day of school left and then I leave VERY early in the morning on Sunday (3am early) I am ready for a break from school or actually ready for school to be in 1 hour chunks again not 4 hour chunks. I am ready for late night pie, turkey, taco bell, double stuffed oreos- my other cloths, to watch tv in English, to see my family, to see a REAL Christmas tree, to go to the bowl game, to wear my OSU stuff again, Starbucks Coffee, having a car, seeing Becky and her new engagement ring, FINALLY giving everyone the stuff I have had for them for like 4 months! oy long time! I am so Excited to come home. I am really going to miss France though and Know I will have to come back here maybe for the 2014 winter Olympics? Grenoble the town I am living in is bidding for them so that would be cool. I bought some wine and some Chartreuse to bring home and know my bags for sure weigh a ton but oh well- c'est la vie! I apologize in advance for my franglais and my tendency to say oui instead of yes, merci instead of thank you and Sa Marche and Comme Sa all the time. SO here is a break down of how getting home will be-

Sunday 3am France time (saterday 6pm Oregon time)- Leave Grenoble for the Airport

6am (9pm oregon time)- Flight leaves Lyon for Frankfurt

8am (11pm Oregon)arrive in Germany for a 2 hour layover *drink some German beer-eat something

10am(1am Oregon) Get on direct flight to Portland - fly over the ocean gain 9 hours in the process

12pm OREGON TIME arrive in Portland and get through customs! *get starbucks, Hug Family - talk a mile a minute - drink a lot of caffeine to stay awake till a reasonable hour to go to bed. Wrap all my Christmas presents, watch friends with my sister, call everyone and tell them I am home and safe, take a deep breath

SO there you go thats the current plan for my arrival home!

Hello Family and Friends! well I am in the home stretch~ only 15 days to go! I cant believe it it has gone by so fast! But its not over yet!
Last weekend I went to MILAN or as they call it in Italy MILANO the capital of fashion :) It was so much fun I ate the biggest Calazone I think ever created lots of pasta as well as some amazing gelato! the Italians know there food! While there I also Saw the largest Church in Europe it is so beautiful! I went to the museum of Leonardo Dvinci's inventions, the Scalla Theater - an amazing beautiful opera house breath taking, I saw a castle that was old and umm OH yeah lots of shopping I even got a few Christmas presents there haha (Melanie is it ok if I keep your present?) oh and of course the Ferrari store to please my father and brother. I also had a great time looking at all the beautiful Christmas lights both in Italy and now in France they really know how to decorate the city for the holidays! every street is decked! with non tacky beautiful lights.
Tomorrow however we head out for the city of Strasbourg! Its is right on the border between Germany and France and often a disputed area ( by often I mean during wars) we have a not so fun 7 hour ride in a bus to get there but after that we should have a pretty good time we get to stay in a hotel and go ice skating!! oh I cant wait! just have to get through my evil morning classes. On that note the students voted to stop striking last night so we should be back in the correct building for classes Monday. Meaning I many get to have afternoon class after all sometime this month! Hazzah! the 830 thing just does not work for me I try I really do but I am a night person vraiment (truly) any way its passed my bed time here so I will talk to you all after Strasbourg!