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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-23816595191468445302013-10-30T14:31:00.000-07:002013-10-30T14:31:52.581-07:00Toussaint Vlog: French Dinner Party! We had our own special evening of fine dining on the first day of Toussaint! We started the week off right with a little lasagna!<br />
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-57647023585726436822013-10-30T11:39:00.003-07:002013-10-30T11:42:02.375-07:00Switzerland! Today, we took a day trip to Geneva, Switzerland and it was wonderful! The weather has finally started to cool off and in Geneva, dubbed the city of parks, the air was crisp and the leaves were changing! On top of the fact that I was going to go see my friend Janine who I hadn't seen in two years! We had such a great day!<br />
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We didn't have any tourist-y expectations for what to see in the city, so we sort of aimlessly walked around and saw what we saw. It was a very relaxed day and we ended up seeing a lot of cool things. Janine hadn't really been to Geneva, but it was nice to have a Swiss tour guide to show us all the best shops.<br />
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Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-74193272739773381022013-10-27T05:15:00.003-07:002013-10-27T05:15:57.766-07:00Thrift Shopping and A Croque Monsieur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-81244594576846304092013-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:002013-10-06T13:04:01.884-07:00My Little Time Capsule<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I just wanted to make a little post about how I am feeling right at this moment. As this blog is sort of like my little time capsule which is saving all of my thoughts and adventures (and misadventures) in France, I thought it would be best to capture my feelings right now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Today has been a very good day. My new japanese housemate, Kaori, has arrived and we seem to have lots of little things in common. She doesn't speak English, so we are forced to speak French together. We had a great little conversation today and sort of got to know each other! I also talked with my landlady, Jocelyne, quite a bit today and I really feel like my French is improving. I very rarely have trouble understanding, and my accent seems to be improving! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I know I've said this about three times already, but I really feel like I'm settling into France. Right now I'm watching a hilarious French movie, <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 23px;">Prête-Moi Ta Main, and I'm preparing myself for my first real day of school tomorrow. I've almost gotten my room set up exactly how I want it, I've got a handle on French grocery shopping, and I know my way around Chambery very well. </span></span><br />
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Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-44280283831955025532013-10-05T09:10:00.000-07:002013-10-05T09:10:22.207-07:00Adventures in ParisSo, I've just gotten back from the south of France (which I'll post about a bit later) and I'm super exhausted and a bit sick, but I finally finished editing all of the footage from Paris! I just thought I'd update everyone a bit and include the new video.<br />
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I got back last night around 9pm and I came in to find that my new housemate had arrived! She's super nice, but a bit hesitant to speak French (as I'm sure I was on my first day in France).<br />
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I (FINALLY) start real classes on Monday. I will take another placement test, and I will be put into a group which I will remain in for the rest of the semester. Hopefully, I'm feeling better for Monday, cause right now, I feel a bit like poo.<br />
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But, without further ado, here is another video from our stay in Paris!<br />
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-16575874233619920272013-09-27T15:39:00.003-07:002013-09-27T15:40:18.186-07:00My First Impressions of ParisSo, if you follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, or pretty much any other social networking site (which you should!), you'll know that I spent the past couple of days in Paris. It was my first time being there and I had a total blast. I did walk far enough that I thought it would be necessary to amputate my feet when I got home, but, all in all, the city made a very amazing first impression.<br />
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I did get the distinct impression that it wasn't exactly a city you should explore with your girl friends, especially since when bumped into a couple sucking face immediately upon exiting the train station!<br />
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Also, most of the negative impressions people paint of Paris weren't really true. No one ever sliced open my backpack or opened my backpack or tried to steal my backpack. And while Paris did smell distinctly of urine (probably because there are public bathrooms ANYWHERE!), it wasn't especially dirty and I never felt unsafe.<br />
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Definitely, definitely going again.<br />
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If you don't want to sift through the 100 pictures of the first half of our trip that I've put on Facebook, here are a select few of my first half faves:<br />
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-44363780441093586902013-09-22T07:03:00.001-07:002013-09-25T06:35:18.739-07:00Hautecombe Abbaye in Aix-les-Bains<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I've been quite lucky with my semester so far. After a 2-week intensive course, I'm currently on vacation for three weeks. As I write this, I'm about one week into my vacation and tomorrow Emily, Sam, Diana, Dana, Dayton, and myself will be hopping on a train to Paris. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I thought I would catch up on my blog and let you know some of the stuff I've been doing during this first week off! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Since for the majority of <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Chamb</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">é</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">ry, this week is the first week of class, everyone was able to ride the bus all week to any location for 1 euro! We took advantage of this by going to the beach a million times! (We also found a mall, a hellaciously overpriced McDonalds, and the closest thing a person could get to Wal-Mart in France).</span></span><br />
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About halfway through our first week off, we went to Aix-les-Bains which is on the other side of Lac du Bourget (the lake near <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Chamb</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">é</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">ry). There we took a boat to the other side of the lake to visit what may be one of my favorite historical locations that I've seen since coming to France: Hautecombe Abbaye. </span></div>
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I've had many epiphanies about my apartment, which I've had to figure out on my own. For example, I spent the first week taking freezing cold showers because I thought the "C" stood for "cold", when in fact it stood for "chaud" (hot in french). (Yes, I realize how stupid that was, but all the appliances in the apartment use "hot & cold" instead of "chaud & froid"). It also took me ages to figure out how to turn the lights on in the stairwell leading up to my apartment.<br />
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In any case, here's a little post about <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chamb</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">é</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ry</span>.<br />
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Even though we'd been in <span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chamb</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">é</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ry</span> for two weeks, the school planned a tour of the town. However, we learned lots of hi<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">story about the town, and it was in French, making it especially educational.</span><br />
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In the Chateau, there was a lot of really amazing Medieval and Renaissance paintings and sculptures. </div>
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After we visited the Chateau, we stopped by the museum as well. I didn't take many photographs because I got really caught up in viewing everything, but I did take a picture of this painting of Mary Magdalene at the feet of Jesus. It was part of a huge mural, but I just thought she was so beautiful. </div>
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On Saturday, we went to the market and it was quite the experience! Everything was significantly less expensive than at the supermarket and it all smelled and looked amazing! </div>
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-49544976098642253522013-09-15T02:33:00.001-07:002013-09-15T02:35:01.251-07:00Climbing the AlpsSo much has happened since the last time I posted! To update, I've really settled in and gotten to know Chambery, I visited Lyon, I booked a trip to Paris, I visited my first French Discotheque and I climbed to the very top of a mountain in the Alps.<br />
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We got up around seven and barely caught the bus to the mountain at 7:45. When we finally started hiking, it was practically a vertical climb for what seemed like miles! After hiking for about an hour and a half, I was thinking: "you know, this really isn't so bad. I'm sure we'll be there in a couple of minutes!" Little did I know that we were only about halfway up the mountain on our journey to the cross.<br />
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As I got more tired and the air got thinner, I was quite oddly positive about the whole thing. About 45 people were on the trip, but as we got nearer to the top, everyone started to get separated and I found myself alone on this mountain. This turned out to be quite a good thing as I was barely able to walk, let alone climb up rocks, so I ended up sacrificing most of my dignity by crawling up the rocks on my hands and knees. </div>
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It ended up taking us about 3 hours to reach the top, but when got there, everything was so amazing. The cross (Croix du Nivolet), which seems like a pin prick when I try to see it from my bedroom window, was as tall as the Statue of Liberty. I was so tired, I don't know whether I was more struck by the breathtaking views or the fact that I could finally stop walking!<br />
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Joking, of course! We stopped for a two hour lunch and I munched on a baguette at the top of a mountain. Next weekend, I'm considering the hike up Mont Blanc. It might be a bit tougher, but it would grant some pretty impressive bragging rights, so we'll see.<br />
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Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-63642520037658287852013-09-06T12:53:00.000-07:002013-09-06T12:57:01.639-07:00French Cheese, Wine and Lake AnnecyI know I fell off the grid for a couple days, but I had a very fun and relaxing day today, that will help me cope with my couple of tougher ones.<br />
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My week has been sort of rough, because (obviously) I'm in a completely different place which is really different from the US. Plus, I've been so incredibly busy! Here's a few home comforts I've been missing:<br />
1.) Cars<br />
The stereotype of France is that everyone walks everywhere. This really shouldn't be specifically a French stereotype, but a big city one. Sure, no one drives a car in Paris, but no one drives a car in New York or Chicago, either. Everyone in Chambery drives, except me. Obviously, I don't have a car here, so I have to walk everywhere and when you think walking two blocks is rough (as I once did), 30 minutes of uphill walking, will really do you in.<br />
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2.) Screens<br />
There are no screens on the windows here. This seems irrelevant, but for someone who is as terrified of bugs as me, it is a huge life changer. If I want my room to cool off, I've got to open the windows. I've already killed, BY MYSELF: 1 bee, 2 beetles, and a spider.<br />
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3.) Air Conditioning<br />
There's no air conditioning here and when its 88 degrees and you just walked uphill for thirty minutes, a/c becomes pretty freaking important.<br />
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4.) Organization<br />
You never really realize how awesome and organized the US is until you visit somewhere else. When I signed up for College, I filled out an application and the school sent me one paper that had, in plain English, a list of everything I would need to finish signing up. Here, there is so much bureaucracy, that I have to fill out 3 papers for 4 different departments and when I go to turn something in, I find out that I wasn't told about needing a certain paper signed and delivered to a certain person and I need to pay 200 euros for this and 50 euros for that. All of this is in French, and can be exhausting!<br />
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HOWEVER, I had a marvelous day today! I went wine tasting in Chambery, swimming in Annecy with some British girls I met at school, and toured the very small Aillon-le-Jeune, where I tasted cheese at a Fromagerie (or a place where cheese is made). Here are some pictures from our awesome day.<br />
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First, Aillon-le-Jeune:<br />
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Here we toured the town and tasted cheese. The town was beautiful and very quaint. When I say this town was small, I mean incredibly small. They even sort of had "town pets" that were just really friendly and roamed around!<br />
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At the beautiful town of Annecy:<br />
Le Lac d'Annecy is the third largest lake in France and is known as "Europe's Cleanest Lake." The water was crystal clear and perfect! An amazing place I'll definitely go back to! My pictures could never do it justice, but here they are.<br />
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<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-42679193908101762472013-09-02T03:47:00.001-07:002013-09-02T03:47:36.209-07:00Lets Talk about FOOD!The dinner that Jocelyne cooked for me on my first night was magnificent! It was a traditional French family meal. We had Quiche, a tomato salad, a carrot salad, chicken and rice, two types of cheeses, french bread, and musk melon for dessert.<br />
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Today, I woke up around 8 and met up with Emily and we went grocery shopping. We've found that our apartments are incredibly close together which is amazing. I bought a lot of stuff (especially since I had to lug all of it up four flights of stairs WITHOUT an elevator!). The store was called "Carrefour" and it was very, very small, but they had everything I could possibly want and it was incredibly close to my apartment.<br />
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Here's some of what I purchased:<br />
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Then we went back to our apartments to put our food away and went off exploring!<br />
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We saw a lot of noteworthy things. The gigantic and notorious elephant water fountain, for example.<br />
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However, we were the most exited by a little sandwich/pastry shop were we had lunch! I had a bacon and egg sandwich, where bacon was actually Canadian Bacon. I also bought a box of macaroons which I saved for later.<br />
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It was incredibly fun to just wander around town. We found a coffee shop and a movie theater, but I don't think that many American movies will be shown there. Emily and I picked out a couple of movies there we would like to see and made plans to go and see them in the next couple of weeks.<br />
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Lacey </div>
<br />Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-55207261825466026732013-09-01T10:17:00.002-07:002013-09-01T10:18:54.422-07:00Jet Lag and Social Etiquette<br />
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went through some pretty hellacious shenanigans en route to Chambery. Here is
some picture documentation of this fact. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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crazy stuff happened to our flights, but someone was looking out for us,
because we systematically dodged every bullet. The only sad part was that
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met me at the train station with a sign right when I got off of my platform. I
was really tired and felt horrendous, but I put on a shiny face and kissed her
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very kindly loaded my suitcases into her car and drove me to our apartment
where we did our best to carry my fifty pound suitcase up four flights of
stairs. At the top, she showed me around and to my room, and then we sat down
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is where the interesting part began. Jocelyne, while wonderful, speaks little
to no English. Obviously, this is to be expected, as I am here to study and
practice French. However, I was really blindsided by the fact that I couldn't
ask her how to say something in French or that my descriptions of things didn't
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example, I asked her about a specific ATM that I needed, but I didn't know the
word for ATM in French and apparently, it isn't just ATM! So, I tried to
describe it in French and essentially said something like "a machine that
dispenses money." It turns out that "laisse tombé" is my new
favorite French phrase which means "nevermind," since, thus far, I
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So… Today’s the day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, at least as I write this post. Currently, I’m miles
above Indiana cruising on my way to Philadelphia where I will have my first
layover. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As I was mostly a hysterical mess on my final night in
America, I have concocted a list of things NOT to do at the airport. Hopefully,
you’re next trip goes swimmingly! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Don’t
pack that ten-pound woolen sweater you’ve worn twice. You really don’t need it!
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In my final evening at home, I decided to venture onto the
US Airways website to further educate myself on what TSA would be like, as I
have not flown in many years. I entered into an assortment of hysterical fits
when I realized I would be that my backpack was, in fact, not considered a
personal item and I would need to consolidate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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This lead to a lot of tears shed over sweaters and sneakers
I was incredibly hesitant to part with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I met up with Emily (who had a carry on, a suitcase AND
a purse, I realized that all my consolidating and worrying was for not. We both
boarded the plane just fine. (No, she was not forcibly detained for
over-packing, as I suppose I imagined she would.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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the end, I could have had both my duffel bag and backpack as carry-ons, but
didn’t. Luckily, by the end of the night, I found that leaving some stuff I
didn’t really need behind was especially freeing! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(the lighting was
simply horrid at my house, so here is an assortment of the horrid photos we
captured before I left)<o:p></o:p></div>
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freaking out and having hysterical fits. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Maybe this one’s just for me, but I weighed my suitcase
about ten times before I was happy with what I had. With US Airways, I had one
free checked bag, however, if that bag was between 51 – 75 lbs., it was going
to cost me $90.00! I wasn’t about to spend my travel money on that! <o:p></o:p></div>
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When I approached the ticket counter for the woman to weigh
my bag, I had resigned to pay the extra money. When I saw that my bag was
51lbs, I sighed and handed the woman my credit card. She rejected it saying,
“Oh, its only one pound.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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All of my freaking out had been for not, but that was a
wonderful omen to start me trip on! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3.) Do not eat at the freaking airport!</b></div>
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As I skipped past security (which was significantly less
invasive and traumatizing than I thought it would be. In fact, it was neither
invasive nor traumatizing), I decided I would stop for a little bite to eat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Little did I know that when it came time to pay the cashier
would ask me to remove two of my limbs as payment. My tuna salad sandwich and
drink were $15.00! Then, I decided I couldn’t do without some Starbucks, which
cost another $5.75! For a MEDIUM! <o:p></o:p></div>
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There is no magical paradise beyond security, only crappy
sandwiches and Starbucks. Just eat at home. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And speaking of food… Don’t forget to bring a bunch with
you, too! <o:p></o:p></div>
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On my last night in Indiana, my dad and I went to CVS and
purchased a significant portion of the candy aisle. <o:p></o:p><br />
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full on the long flight. My dainty little ears pop when I go over and hill in
my car, so the Skittles and gum are meant to keep my brain from oozing out of
my ears, and the pretzel M&M’s are there because I just freaking love those
things! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let the Shenanigans Commence! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lacey <o:p></o:p></div>
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flight there will have been essentially successful, Lord only knows what lies
in store for me on my flight to Frankfurt, so check back later for that
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Lacey A Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385380232583167084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912278011156314970.post-86396489616402025392013-08-30T05:04:00.005-07:002013-08-30T05:04:45.898-07:00This is it...<div class="MsoNormal">
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I’m actually starting to get nervous about moving. <o:p></o:p></div>
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thought such an emotion would afflict my being! I’ve only ever been dying to
get out of here! I’ve needed to do some mental preparation in the days leading
up to my flight, truly deciding what I need and don’t need and readying myself
to leave my family. (Just an FYI, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
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In these mental preparations, I’ve gained a little
perspective and here’s what I’ve noticed. I’ve spent the majority of my life in
a town with about 5,000 people in it. After I graduated from high school, I
moved to a town with – wait for it – a whopping 25,000 people in it. So,
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Two weeks ago, I would’ve said that there was no worse hell
than existing in these two towns, and I would have been totally wrong. In my
last couple of days in America, I’ve come to really appreciate these two
places. This move is also piggy backing on the fact that I’m graduating from
college at the end of this year, and moving to France is my first real step out
of the proverbial nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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I guess, I’m mostly worried about leaving my leaving my
family, friends, and what has been an extremely easy and comfortable life. I’m
worried about moving in with two complete strangers who don’t speak my native
language. I’m worried about culture shock and where I’ll buy bananas and how
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But, as I sit awake at 6 am writing this blog post on the
couch in my parent’s living room, I can tell that I’m mostly excited. As I
reread what I’ve written, I remember that venturing out into the unknown and
doing something I’ve never done before is the whole point of this trip. Breaking
language barriers and figuring out public transportation and finding a tiny,
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So, in conclusion, I suppose I’m less nervous then I thought!
Tune in next time for when I single-handedly overcome the trials and
tribulations of Indianapolis International Airport! <o:p></o:p></div>
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