La France!

Saturday was a nice day…other than having to be up super early, and yet again getting 4-5 hours of sleep. Our train from Milan took us to Chambéry again. The next train to Lyon didn’t leave for over an hour so we had planned to meet up with our friend from when we studied there, he’s going to be in France for the whole year studying in Lille but is still in Chambéry until August. And it was cool because while looking for Jeremiah we saw two of our other friends who live in Chambéry. They had a train to catch but it was cool to see the briefly one last time. Jeremiah showed up with a baguette for us and we went to the park to relax and soak up Chambéry one last time. The market was going on so we went there and looked around. It was really nice to just be there again. We had stopped in Chambéry on Monday too on our way to Milan. And Anna had needed to go to her bank so we had to walk right past our apartments from before. I went to the bakery there while she was at the ATM and then stood outside our former homes and waited for Anna. It was sad and I had to try really hard to not cry a little. Chambéry was just perfect. This summer was amazing, I can’t get over it.
We got on our train to Lyon a little after noon and then transferred to a train back to Givors. Mark met us at the train station and on the way back to their house we stopped at Carrefour because he needed some things and me and Anna got some snacks for the rest of the trip. The rest of the day involved packing and relaxing and an AMAZING dinner made by Joy. Everything she makes is delicious. It was such a blessing to stay at their home this summer. And I love how Mark and Joy lived in Apalachin and know my family. It was an extra comfort. One night Mark was telling us a couple stories about my Grandpa Hall, just funny things he did that Mark remembers. From the stories I get this feeling that if he were still alive we would get along very well  After dinner Anna and I relaxed some and then we talked on skype with Mike and Michael…highlight of the day. It was fun to catch up with them, ahh I already miss being together with all of our friends in Chambéry, October is going to be GREAT.