Last Weekend

Last weekend Rotary organized a “two-day field-trip” for around 150 Exchange Students to Mt St Michel.  For a less-than-48-hour excursion, we really packed it in, so I’m just going to illustrate the highlights.

Highlight #1:  Quicksand!!

For those who don’t know, quicksand occurs when you’ve got water flowing beneath a layer of mud.  There happens to be an abundance of the stuff behind  Mt St Michel, and it has become something of a tourist attraction to walk across it.  Yes, it is somewhat dangerous, because if you break through the surface the water below can suck you under.   But the sensation of running across fluid ground was totally worth any risk the experience presented; it felt like walking on water itself!

Highlight #2:  National Anthems!!

That evening we were asked that every country present sing their anthems at dinner.  Despite the fact that were was something like 3 bajillion different anthems to get through, this was by far my favorite part of the trip.  Everyone was so fired up to be representing their countries through song and they were all so beautiful.  While "Oh Canada" was obviously my anthem of choice (I love how you can really let loose and BELT OUT the lyrics), close favorites were that of Japan, New Zealand, and Germany.  But really, everyone showed such great spirit and a shout-out to Tosh from Norway as he was the ONLY one from his country and therefore went solo for the singing of his anthem.  Kudos!

Highlight #3:  Dancing!!

At 11pm the tables are pushed away, the DJ sets up and all 150 of us are on the dance-floor for the next 4 hours!!  I danced like a TOTAL freak the whole time, and it felt good!  They also had playing the most diverse music-mix I’ve ever heard, the song selection featured at least 4 different languages, and included the Macarena!  And then about half-way through a song comes on that is apparently very popular in Brazil because the Brazilian kids just take over the floor and never MIND the girls - the boys can shake so well it made all us white girls wanna cry...  No way should ANY male be able to move their hips like that! 

Anyway, the Rotarians finally had us “evacuate” at 2pm, no-one was in bed before 3, and it was up at 6 again if anyone wanted breakfast!!  So I’m gonna say that day 2 was a lot more low-key, just sort of hung out around the castle and chatted.

And that basically sums up Last Weekend!  I promise to be more punctual with my updates in the future, so a big THANK-YOU to everyone who’s still following this blog!  I really appreciate it and I wish you all a great week!