Final Nights

A goodbye selfie with my favorite French prof-- Roger.

A night out at the bar with Hervé (aka Voldy), one of our French profs.

Always lovey dovey, these two.

Our Annecy home.

First thing we do when we get to the house-- devour all the chocolates.

Homemade vin chaud + Kimchi Fried Rice.

Daniel cooked for us!

We love our vin.

Da Krew.

Beautiful Annecy.

How beautiful is Lake Annecy?

Daniel looking like a yung James Blake.

My girls. Look at Mia being her diva self.

Snow!

Casual horseback riding. 

Off-trail hiking. 

I'm a deer!

James Blake, again.

Stole these devilish shades from the house owner.

Mars.

The beautiful view of the city.

Manging hard after the hike.

Daniel, the housewife.

Our last hoorah at an izukaya.

Well, it happened. I mean, we all knew it was coming, but it finally did. My favoritest hawmies Daniel and Kate left la France to go back to their real lives in America. Before they left though, Kaixi, Mia, Kate, Daniel, and I took a trip to Annecy to just get out of the city. We rented a home and pretty much just stayed in and drank vin chaud. I believe we murdered eight or so bottles of wine. Maybe more. We did go on a hike though, so don't just see us as alcoholic college students who do nothing but drink! It was fun making Asian food and just relaxing with the hawmies. And to celebrate one of our final nights, we went out to a bar with one of our professors, Hervé. We brought it up not really expecting him to say yes, but apparently, it's not that uncommon to go out for a drink with your professors in France. I love it here. Afterwards, Daniel and Kate treated me out to yummy Japanese food and sake at an izakaya, and of course, it wouldn't have been a Daniel night if we didn't get beer after. Man, seeing these pictures and talking about these nights makes me miss them so much. We will be reunited soon, my dears.

C'est incroyable qu'on peut rencontrer une personne qui peut changer ta vie. J'ai rencontré les gens ici qui ont devenu mes meilleures amis. Mon point de vue changeait et je ne suis pas la même personne de quand je suis arrivé ici. Je peux voir la change qui a été causée par mes amis. Ils me manquent.