host family at the bus terminal. I will be doing the same thing in less than 6 months. It's hard to believe...The first night the 3 of us hung out with the Asuncion exchange students. Linny and I ended up staying at Emerson's (Vermont) house and headed to bed following the conclusion of "Finding Nemo". We spent the morning enjoying some shut-eye and the luxury of not needing to be anywhere. Early afternoon, an AFS taxi came and brought us to the airport. We wanted to get there good and early as to not create any unnecessary stress for Linny. We passed the hours waiting for her flight hanging out in an airport cafe. Just about all the AFSers from the US had showed up to see them (Linny, Nate, Rachel) off and as always it was great having time to catch up. As a special surprise for Linny, one of her classmates had made the 5 hour trip to see her off. There were definitely some teary goodbyes as the 3 headed back to the states.
It's still hard to imagine that some of us aren't here anymore. I can honestly say that our group of Americans really became like our own little family over our first few months here. Kate and I spent one more day in Asuncion, chilling with the others. The trip was a fun way to mix it up from the day to day summer vacation routine, but we also had to say our first goodbye. The first of many to come...
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