Remember those posts back in August? Where I was just too sad to leave my home? Well this one is going to be very similar. Marseille has become chez moi. I don't want to leave it! Granted, I have had quite a few perks...you know, like living in walking distance from the beach, having one of the nicest parks in Marseille right next to my house, the beautiful weather...but it's not just the superficial things which I'm going to miss about Marseille. Over the past ten months Marseille has become my home. I finally learned which exit goes where at the metro stop in the old port. I know how to get around the city by bus, by metro, by foot and by car. I've made some of the best friends of my life here and I know that we'll stay in contact. I have another mother who will hug me when I need it.
Sometimes I don't know what I'm going to do when I get back. Will I just go back to my day to day life? I don't think so...I could never just forget an experience like this. I really grown up this year. I've changed so much. I'm no longer that little girl who said goodbye to all she knew last August. They say that coming back will be an adjustment "that can sometimes be difficult". I believe them...It's just hard to imagine being back home when here in Marseille it's also my home.
Where did the time go? Its funny...I seem to remember saying just last week that is was so sad "I only have six weeks left." How did that change from six weeks to a couple of hours so quickly? There was a while where I wasn't ready to go home, but that feeling has passed. It's not that I don't want to go home, I just don't want to leave...does that make sense?
As usual, I'll leave you with some pictures. These are a few snapshots of the visit from my brother and his girlfriend.
La France va me manquer. Il y a tant des qui m'ont vraiment touchés, et je ne les oublierai jamais. Il y aura toujours une place dans mon coeur pour Marseille et tout le monde qui m'ont accueilli chaleureusement.
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