The Lake House

So the bikes in America are different, and I learnt this the hard way. I slammed on the front brakes thinking they were the rear ones going down a hill and went for six (no one here gets this expression!) The brakes are around the opposite way here.

  Monday 7th is Labor Day here and we were invited to someone's house by Lake Lanier. We had a great time paddle boarding, kayaking, jumping off stuff and getting towed behind a jet ski.

This past weekend all the GRSP students got the opportunity to all meet up again. The student weekend was hosted at Clayton County, about an hour and a half from GGC.

We got together on Friday evening, had dinner and then stayed with host families in the local area for the weekend. There were three or four students with each family. The family I stayed with were very nice and had a cute little dog, similar to mine back home. 

On the way back to their home we spent some time with a small group of students at another home, it was a great chance to have a good chat with some people.

On Saturday we met back with everyone for team building activities. In groups, we had to build boats out of cardboard and duct tape. These boats had to not only float, but carry someone a short distance. Only two boats didn't sink, ours wasn't one of them.

The event was held at the same place The Hunger Games: Mockingjay was filmed, so that was pretty cool. There was a little water park too, so we got to go on watersides and a trampoline in the water.

We all had dinner together that night and we had a Model UN and then there was a DJ. It was really interesting to hear different perspectives on current issues like refugees and technology.

On the way back to the weekend host family's house we stopped for ice cream, so that kept me pretty happy! Then we were back the next morning to all go back to our schools. It was all over very fast.