Goodbyes

Sadly we have reached the point where almost everyone is going home for the summer. French students are fleeing to their parents' houses or to their own hometowns, and international students are jetting (or driving) off to their own parts of the world. It is a strange thing saying goodbye to some of these people. Literally I just spent 5 months with them and will never see them again. It is a strange phenomenon we have in this life, to meet people that influence and shape your life and then never see them again. Thankfully quite a few of these friends I fully intend on visiting at some time in my life because they come from fabulously intesting places. Thankfully most of the people had going away parties so we got to see them one last time before they headed off, but others we missed. It is going to be very interesting to be in Clermont in a few days because most of the people we have spent the last 5 months hanging out with will be gone. Also, as this is a university town, many of the young people that inhabit it will also be gone. I'm gonna need to find a bowling league or something.