to the zoo!

okay so friday was good friday in France and the USA apparently madison said. so everything in Alsace(the regionof France Germany and some other places near here) was closed all day friday for good friday. we were going to the park with aryn and maret but then we ended up going to a zoo 2 hours away by car with Helene Suss and Hanna Cotton and their family. and it was really hot outside! we walked all over the zoo! it was huge! probably 5 acres or most likely arund 2 but we didnt finish all of it just like around the edges. then we saw baby animals and huge pigs and i got to pet goats. and baby goats! haha! i love those baby goats! haha!

then we rode home in the car for like 2 hours

okay so today was my last day in france. so camille took madison adn i to l'orangerie park to row boats with helene and hanna cotton. we got there started rowing with both of us hanna's in a boat and maddie cami and helene in the other then madison came to our boat then later i went to cami and helene's boat. then we started splashing each other and i got some of it on video! we got soaking wet and then the dude who ran the buisiness got mad and made us soak up and clean the water out of the boat because they were like filled! haha so we cleaned and then we went home and changed adn then we went to mc donald's! omg it was soo goooooooooood! but i ate too much:( lol and then we went shopping and saw yanne and fletcher at the mall. and then we met up with ms. lambour and then helene her sister and hanna cotton and then her mom left adn then we went shopping and then we came home and packed and then we went out to eat adn had tart flambee it was soooooooo good! the second time i've had it here! yummy! lol

well i gtg bcuz i wake up at 3:30 am tommorow to get ready to leave at 4:45 am! ughh! 4 hrs of sleep ohh joy! what ever i'll sleep on the plane! haha byee! au revior! last night in France! going to sleep. bye! peace! :) :P (: :D p:

just dance, it'll be okay! day 13!

that's a picture of me helene madison camille and hanna cotton in the car on the way home from the dance. Justine was in the front seat taking the picture. thanks justine! im gonna miss every1!

okay so on thursday we went to a pottery place where its a family business adn saw how they made the pottery and then we were able to buy pottery at their shop. then we rode the bus to a park with some big fountains and sat and ate lunch then we walked over to a huge meadow and layed there for like an hour and a half. then we went to a roman bath house. when we got there we went in to the 1st floor and we were warned and not allowed to go on the 2nd floor was the naked floor. ewwwww! gross! i mean seriously why would you even go up there naked in public?!?!?!?!?! eww! but it was the 1st floor where everyone stayed. it was soooooooooooo relaxing! there was a normal temperature pool and a really hot pool and a really really freezing cold pool. and a tannign thing and a massage room but i didnt use either but i did walk in the tanning uv light thingy room. and there was a sinus cleansing sauna thing.i went in the sauna thing a lot for like 5-10 or 15 minutes at a time. then later we went and got changed and dryed our hair and stuff like that because there were hair dryers at the spa changing room areas. then we rode a bus for like 30-45 minutes back to Strasbourg. then we went to a party/dance that the French kids and St. Ettienne threw for us like we did for them with the dance that we raised over $1200 dollars at! woo hoo! go Global Club! it was from 6-10 p.m. and camille's friend Helene Suss drove us and Justine Damlincourt home because none of her parents can drive and we didnt get home until like 11 or 11:15 p.m. and i was sooooooooooooooooooooooo tired. but i had a really fun time!

EUROPA PARK! day 12!

okay so today the americans and the french went on a trip to EUROPA PARK. Europa Park is the biggest amusment park in Europe. i road silver star which is the roller coaster in Europe. I also rode the bluefire. it's a new really cool one! we waited in line for 1 hour and 30 minutes. and then we had to meet up adn i went with aurilie and dorothy and grey and oriane adn morgan adn zac and coty adn hanna cotton and i. we rode a bunch of rides but grey and dorothy dont like roller coasters so they didnt ride them. before we rode blue fire we rode a water rafting ride for dorothy and grey adn it was like a water ride in disney world in animal kingdom that i rode. well i am going to go to sleep so au revior!

viva la bowling! day 11!

okay so that picture has nothing to do with france well belgium actually. madison took it in brugge, belgium on sunday. but i thought it was pretty so i put it on my blog. well today we went bowling with the french kids. we bowled for like 2 or 3 hours. and i lost the first game and i dont remember the score for the second game haha. i got this cool drink that was called a diabolo and it was some kind of strawberry drink syrup and fizzy water. it was really good! and then we left the bowling alley and had 3 hours of free time. so camille and helene and anne took molly me madison hanna cotton and aryn o'connor to lunch at a pizzeria. we had a really good pizza and it was like personl pizza but it was the size of like an extra small regular pizza at like pizza hut or domino's. and then camille took us to get souveniors for our families and then we got ice cream! it was soooooo good! it was double scoop! and i got chocolate and vanilla. it was the best vanilla ice cream i've ever had! then we went back to the school and waited an hour for everyone to get there and then we went to the european parliament building. the place was really cool but our tour guide talked too much adn it was kind of boring. but i felt bad for him because everyone was falling asleep and being disrespectful to him. i almost fell asleep but i stayed awake after a few minutes so was able to stay awake. then we left after we toured the new part of the parliament building and then went back to the school where i waited another hour until 7 from like 5:50 or 6:00 p.m. because Camille had math class until 7:00 p.m. then we came home and had american BBQ for dinner with green beans! and i had more ketchup! i am not soooooo deprived of it annymore! haha! au revior! europapark tommorow! yayy!

viva la Paris! Day 10!!!!!

okay so today we went to Paris! we went to the Lourve and the Eiffel Tower! in the Lourve we saw the Mona Lisa by Leonardo de Vinci, the Venus de Milo and a bunch of other famous stuff! it was the experience of a lifetime! our group stopped like an hour early on the tour so like 5 of us went on with 1 being Ms. McEwen. before we went to the Lourve we went to the Eiffel Tower! we went in the elevator to the 2nd floor and walked around and had french fries and a sandwich for lunch! i had ketchup! it was sooooo good! haha well then when we left we walked down the stairs from the 2nd floor! i started counting steps when we got to the first floor. there was 267 steps roughly just from the first floor to the ground!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my gosh my calves hurt sooooooo bad! haha well here is a picture of me at the Eiffel Tower, and beside it is a picture of me holding up the upside down glass pyramid! haha

sunday in Lille! day 9!

on sunday we woke up at 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. and went to brugge belgium today! it was sooooooo pretty! we walked all around the city! i bought some postcards and chocolate and some other stuff for my friends. it was soooooooooooooooo nice! after we walked around the city like twice wewalked back to the car. then we rode the like hour and somethign minutes ridiculous ride back to Lille in a cramped little VOLVO, and yes i did say VOLVO, but not likie Edward's volvo :( and it was me marc camille then maddie in a row in like 3 seats. camille and maddie slept\and i didnt because i was squished and un comfortable.:( then when we got back to Lille we stayed at the house in the afternoon and at 7:00 p.m. we went to the train station and road a train back to Strasbourg.

viva la france day 8!

okay so saturday we went to an art exhibit in Lille adn saw some crazy art and sculptures. then we went back to camille's dad's house and had lunch. then later on we went shopping! i bought a vest and a shirt and a spring color scarf. then we went home adn her friends came over. we drove 45 minutes to Belgium for dinner. we had yummy chicken but it was really spicy. then we drove back home and i went to bed at like 12 because we got back at like 11:30 p.m. or something like that. haha. au revior!

see the prez!

okay so today we saw teh president! we saw barrack obama! we got to the cinema early and went through the lines for them to check tickets and then we got on buses and went to the arena where it would be held. then we went through security. then we went in and listened to him say a spee ch after waiting like é hrs and then like 30 or 45 minutes bcuz he wuz late. then he asked questions from the audience. then afterwards we left after waiting to be dismissed and then once we rode the busses back to our areas madison and i told mr. hager we were leaving and bye. then we wen tback to camille's house and cleaned our messy (haha my bad lol) room. then we rode a train to lille. then her father picked us up at the train station and brought us to his house. we met her family which is her brother who is 12 and step mom and dog and of course her father. then we went to our room; au revior! good night!

viva la France day 6!

okay today we went to a chateau. that means castle in french. it was high up on top of a mountain and we could see it from the valley almost a km away! when we got there we learned about the history of chastle haut koegnisbourg. it has switched from being owned by germany to france many times because of war and inability to restore adn pay for it. we then took a tour of the castle. it was very cold becaus eof the altitude. it was freezing! then we left the chateau and went to a village. at this village charles p murray the person our school is named after, faought and served in WWII and single handedly drove some nazis out of the town. then we left after meeting the mayor's staff because the mayor could not make it. we went back to strasbourg and were filmed and we got on the news and the paper i think. well i had crepes for dinner au rveior!

viva la france day 5!

today we played sports! i played volleyball while the others rock climbed. i was on a team with sam clara and antione. i stink at sports. i accidently hit a girl in the head with the volleyball on accident. everytime i tried to serve the ball it never went over and one time when it actually went over the net it hit the top and we got a point i think haha. and antione was like "Good Job! yayy!" haha. adn then i think i made my team lose all the games. :( and that is why i don't play sports. sports don't help the uncoordinated!!!!!!!!!!! after sports we went shopping with camille and her friends. camille had to leave for studying so hanna cotton, molly, madison, and i stayed with Elene and shopped. i bought pants, clothes, and a scarf. then we went back to st. ettienne and waited for camille to finish her exam. then we walked a little bit. we went to a cafe and camille and her friend justine got waffle things adn madson got a hot chocolate. i had some of madison's hot chocolate. then we went back to the school to see camille's friends and madison and i went to find dorothy in the cafeteria and we hung out with her, hanna cotton, aryn, and her host student Maret. we waited with dorothy because aurielle wasn't done wiht her exam yet. then we left and went home and had keish for dinner.

viva la France day 4!

okay so today we went to a museum about deportation. deportation is when you remove someone from your country or area because you don't want them there. we learned about the effects of the world wars on germany and mostly france. the nazis didnt like the jews and deported some people just because they were criminals or even stupid reasons like because they wore glasses! then we rode on the bus up a tall tall tall tall tall mountain to a concentration camp. on the way up there there was a beautiful view of the valley! at the camp there was a place in the memorial building where we ate lunch. then we went to the concentration camp. we saw teh buildings where they tortured people. also the place where people worked and people were hung. then we wetn in a museum by the concentration camp adn saw a huge building that was built by laborers and slaves. they dont know why the building was built though. we saw many pictures of the time when concentration camps were used by Nazis. the prisoners would suffer concequences of isolation and beatings or even death for not doing as told and following the rules. after we left we went back to st. ettienne and the school gave us a reception and t shirtswe gave them their flag for a present. then camille took me and madison home for dinner. i tried fondue and we had fruit salad for dinner. au revior!

viva la France day 3!

okay so today i rode to school on the tram and then we got a tour of St. Ettienne and then we had refreshments and Flore gave me a peice of candy that tasted like coke and it was really good. Then we got welcome bags with backpacks and pens and pencils and paper adn a lot of other stuff. adn there was a hand warmer thing that is really cool! then we left the school and went on a boat tour of strasbourg. we learned about the history adn Alsace which is the old part of Strasbourg. Strasbourg used to be a war town-ish type place and then after the boat tour we went back to the school for lunch and i had pasta and bread and water adn a few bites of banana yogurt. then we went adn toured the cathedral. we learned about how they constantly have to restore it and how bombs destoyed part of the cathedral during the 2nd and 1st world wars. Then we walked to petit France the older part of Strasbourg. Then we went back to the school and afterwards Camille took me and Madison shopping. i bought a coat and some thigns for my friends and my step mom. okay well i'm going to bed! au revior!

viva la FRANCE day 2!

okay so this is day 2. this morning i woke up and got dressed and ate some yummy breakfast pastry with chocolate in it and then Mrs. Lambor took Madison and I to a museum and there was a part where you wear a hard hat and walk in a tunnel and it is completely dark and you stick your arms out in front of you and at one part there was a water fountain and you stuck your hand in there when you were searching for a wall or the exit and you got wet.(: than madison fell and i fell on top of her. after that her hat fell off and theni felt the walls and found an exit. then i went back in the exit a few feet and found madison and Mrs. Lambor. then we left adn rode the tram to a restaurant called the hippopotamus or what madison called the "hip hop anonymous." and then after that we went to the ice rink. we met a bunch of people there. we had sooo much fun. and then we came home to Camille's house and had dinner. we had vegetable soup with sausage and bread and for dessert we had mini cakes with fruit and whipped cream on them! the were sooooo good! they were delicious! well I am going to sleep now so au revior!!!!!
-Hanna Hufham- (:

Foods I try in France

Foods I try!

goat cheese

gouda

bread with chocolate inside yum!(breakfast)

duck ham

fondue

keish with bacon yum!!

pasta from st. ettienne

vegetable soup with sausage

sausage

ham-snack

ham and cheese sandwich with butter

bread

chocolate

Hanna has left the Country!

Okay so I'm in France now and the time change is annoying! wwe got on the flight to charlotte from wilm. and had a 45min delay bcuz of the weather and then we got on the plane 2 frankfurt germany and i was all by myself until the flight attendent came and brought me back to everybody else. Then once we got to Frankfurt we got on a bus to Strasbourg. 3 hrs later we were in Strasbourg and Madison and I were waiting for Camille to come get us and then once she got us we went to her house. then me and madison took showers and then we walked to the park which is 5 minutes away from Camille's house. Then we walked into the zoo which is in the park adn then we walked on through the park and found other people we knew. we walked them through the zoo then we came back to Camille's and we had dinner with her mom's friends. now i'm going to sleep. jetlag stinks:(

Je M'appelle Hanna(:

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Hanna(:

My name is Hanna. I'm 12 years old, and I'm helping globalize the world. I'm goin to be visiting Strousbourge, France next month, I'll be staying with a host family during my trip. I'm really excited to be going on this trip because I love learning about new places adn cultures. I'm trying to learn to speak French so when I get there I don't look like an idiot. I'm super excited to go to Germany too! So that's enough for now.(: