New Adventures

I'm writing having finalised the last details of my placement year and can proudly announce that I have been accepted at a school just outside of Paris to teach English. Spending a year abroad in France has been a goal of mine for a long time, principally because I never want to lose my ability to speak French having studied it at A Level, and needless to say, also because I absolutely adore the country. But now that it's all started to become real, I am incredibly nervous. I suppose that's normal but that does not make the idea of me going to somewhere completely unknown for a year, where they not only speak a different language, but have a whole different culture, any less scary.

More than once I have found myself asking... Is this really what you want to do? What if you hate it after a few months and can't do anything about it? And then I remember that I'll be leaving my horse and all my friends and family, and it's almost enough to make me cry and hide in a dark corner, far away from reality. But I also know that this is the perfect time to do this: mum can look after the horses; and, thanks to that wonderful thing called technology, I can keep in touch with friends and family whenever I need to.

It'll be scary and intimidating but it'll also be one of the most exciting and incredible things I will ever have the chance to do. I've set up a separate page on my blog dedicated to my Parisian adventure and hope to post updates on everything I do, the people I meet, and the places I visit. But for now, I better start practising my French! A bientôt!! xoxo