Camp, part one.

Part one is just 24 hours after arriving, if that. It's a lovely place beside a lake with, for now about 20-30 staff, 6 of whom are with bunac. My roomate is called Zoe, she's a lifeguard from Canberra. There are no children here yet, and there won't be for a while, which'll give us time to get to know the place and each other. So for now, breakfast is at 9am, which, this morning gave me time to go for a run around the lake (not the whole way around just yet, it's 4.5 miles), shower, have a quiet time outside on my deck looking over the lake, and chill some before even starting the day. We went to a salvo church which was...interesting... There's much more to tell of course, but I thought I should drop a line to let all know I'm here, I'm safe and all is good!

Preparations...

So, time for an update... The big news is that next time I write, I will most likely be in the USA. Unless something major happens and I feel the need to write about it. Unlikely, since I am in Verneuil, which, when you go to the old part of town "la vieille ville" as they call it, feels like a tiny village in the south of france where everyone knows about everyone. So not much of interest happens. Anyhow, I leave in a week exactly. I will be getting a coach to London, since it is, believe it or not, the most direct way to get to Heathrow from Paris without paying over £150 for Airfrance. And I fly Friday. Leaving at 14:00 and arriving at 16:40. Quick flight. I've been getting last bits and bobs done like getting a doctors check up (who knew it would be so complicated to fill in a form). So far it's taken me a trip to Dr Fougerousse to prescribe lab analyses, a trip to the lab to get blood samples and urine sample analysed (I'm healthy, but I could have told them that already) and now another trip to the doctors to look at the results and sign the form. Also I need to go into Paris to book the coach to London cause the site is stupid and won't take my perfectly-fine-but-British-so-not-good-enough debit card. And finally buy a watch and a couple of pairs of shorts. I'm going to Nathan's tonight (oh yeah... Nathan moved out and has a wee flat in Maisons-Laffitte where he's working as a youth pastor) for dinner which'll be lovely! And on Saturday amidst all my errands, I will also be seeing Beki, Nathan's girlfriend.