The journey began with a conversation, not unlike those had by you and I, on a bright and windy Summer´s day. We stood mouths agape as an ex-neighbour recounted the journey undertaken by his own daughter through Rotary Exchange in France the previous year. In no time, interview followed interview like a sheep following another until here I stood, about to embark to a foreign and mysterious land. The party to see me off at the airport was a formidable one, countless (lol) well wishers lined up...