Coffee and Cigarettes

What I Will Miss in France:

1. Mira, Marc, Preston, both Brittanys, Elizabeth, Cat, Tyler, Meagan, Karima, Iris, Sofie, Margaret, Ramiro, Ana, Xi, and all the other lovely friends I've made.
2. Baguettes
3. Pastries
4. Paninis 
5. Boulangeries in general
6. Fresh petit café machines in Every Single public building
7. An abundance of Nutella
8. Color-coded currancy
9. Good, cheap wine
10. Embuscade
11. The ability to drink legally
12. Going to the bars with a group of amazing friends
13. Getting free drinks from the cute bartender
14. Cobblestone streets
15. Walking down the street surrounded by people speaking French
16. Speaking French everyday
17. Public transportation
18. Traveling by train
19. Cheap flights
20. Random day trips to really cool towns nearby
21. The ability to spend the weekend in a different country for only a couple hundred dollars
22. The ocean
23. Beautiful, old stone buildings
24. Wrought-iron scroll-work on windows and doors
25. Cathedrals everywhere
26. The way everyone makes an effort to look nice No Matter What they are doing
27. H&M, Zara, Pull and Bear, Mika
28. Carrefour
29. Carrefour chocolate
30. Gouda aux grains de cumin, Edam, Camembert
31. European butter
32. Walking through William the Conqueror's castle
33. Seeing people at a café drinking beer at noon
34. Window shopping at the chocolatiers and bonboneries
35. Creperies
36. Laying on the grassy hills, reading a good book
37. The Sunday market
38. Public gardens
39. Scarves
40. Horribly awesome Franglish
41. The automatic comradery of finding another anglophone in France
42. Laid back and fun professors
43. Thin, lightweight textbooks
44. The ability to openly watch the people around me without it being considered rude 
45. The common use of military time 
46. Beautifully painted carrousels in every city and village

What I'm Excited to Get Back to in the States:

1. My ENTIRE family, Martha, Mama and Papa, Petie, Jess, Kels, Christine, Tay, Jewels, Rhett, Heather, Olive, and all my other lovely friends back home
2. Gumdo
3. A haircut
4. Driving (once I get the whole "vehicle" thing nailed down haha)
5. Meals that don't involve pasta
6. An oven
7. Peanut butter
8. Mountain Dew
9. Crackers
10. All of my books
11. Buying new books
12. All of the clothes I had to leave behind
13. All the shoes I had to leave behind
14. My bed
15. Mostly predictable weather
16. Wearing dresses without getting weird looks
17. English as my default language
18. Sasha, Leo, Sydney, Bean, Aurora
19.  The ability to download new music
20. Taking my phone for granted
21. Being able to plug in more than one thing at a time
22. Wifi
23. A shower that's bigger than one square foot
24. A bathtub
25. A decent washer and dryer
26. Giving tours of UND
27. Official processes that are SIMPLE
28. Not having to bring my passport, student ID, and a packet of official papers to take a final
29. Not having to worry about failing a final because I didn't understand a key word in the question
30. Watching my bank account grow instead of shrink
31. Not having to factor in a 7 hour difference just to talk to my mum
32. The ability to call Martha and Christine to tell them something rather than planning a Skype date
33. Not having to worry if what I'm about to buy will fit in my suitcase...
34. Magazines
35. Netflix
36. A decent running track
37. A decent gym
38. Going to the movies
39. Popcorn
40. When "be there at 10am" actually means 10am instead of maybe 10:20... 
41. Hugs! 
42. National holidays that mean an actual day off of classes, not just postponed classes... 

À bientôt mes amis!

Gros bisous!! 

Morgan