I know how you must have felt before our arrival! Ten days sound
long when you're organizing the stay day by day trying to fit all in: you feel
worried for matching students and families who have never met, nervous for
unexpected events that may occur and silently hope everybody will enjoy those
days together. I myself was worried too. I wasn't supposed to come till a few
days before leaving, my colleague who joined the group at the very end and
didn't know much of our project, my students at their first experience in a
family abroad, the choice of bringing film experts from Italy to carry out our
ideas, and on and on.. Our heads were full of unanswered questions, but there's
no need to use words to sum up our experience in Antwerp! Just close your eyes
and see host families and my students say goodbye... I think it's enough! It
all worked out well we, but above all you, made it! We all have reached our
goal!
There's no much to say about our trip home, the flight was on time
and we got to Arezzo at aboout 10 pm. Some of us had to put on more clothes as
our luggage was rather heavy.. and we looked like the Michelin man... There was
silence during the trip, we all were tired of course but I think we all needed
to reflect on our just concluded experience. The silence was broken when my
students met their families...
So thank you again for your generous hospitality and warm welcome
and see you soon in Italy!!
to be continued......
Marcella
