As you walk past a bakery and glance in through the window to see what seems to be delightful pastries and cakes…you think to yourself how amazing one of those treats would taste… so you venture into the store and purchase one of these delights… only to discover that it wasn’t what you thought it would be and it definitely didnt taste as good as what it looked… you then walk outside to look at the name of the place you just walked into… only to realise that you have, in fact, walking into a Brumby’s Bakery…what a let down.

This is the way I would describe my time in France.

When I learnt that I would be travelling to france to compete in a meet in Sotteville, which is about 100km outside of Paris… so many beautiful thoughts ran through my head…the history…the culture…the FOOD! All amazing things that I couldnt wait to experience. This was not to be the case… as a kid im sure you would remember times where you were so excited about something..only to be let down and disappointed with it not coming to fruition. It saddens me to think that these are not the things i will remember about France… the only memories I have… are far from the dreams I once had placed inside of my mind.

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