Toulousse

I have just stepped off of the train in Toulousse and said goodbye to some very good friends. My workcamp in Flamarens has come to an end, and leaving has been far more emotional than I ever thought it would be. At the camp I lived, worked, ate, played and slept with 8 amazing people for 20 days. Additionally, I made many friends from the village and nearby village. In the past few days we finished our work on our wall; it was bittersweet: it was satisfying looking at the finished project of the past few weeks, but looking at it reminded me of how it is all over so quickly.
Thursday night we hosted a dinner, a soirée, at the ecomusée where we gorged on food, wine and good company. The next day we spent all our time writing notes to each other to remember our time by; it was like the end of highschool and the frantic signing of yearbooks. We exchanged addresses, took pictures like mad, and that night we had some friends come to say goodbye. This morning we packed, and left our beloved ecomusée. In Agen our group split in two and I said my goodbyes to Anka and Daniella, the Slovaks; and Yusuf the Turk. Then, Ruben, my Mexican; Seung Eun and Sung Koo, my Koreans: and Maria the Ukrainian and I boarded the train to Toulousse. Here, Ruben, Seung Eun and Sung Koo carried on there way to Barcelona. This group was closest to me during these 3 weeks, and we all cried as we clung to each other and said goodbyes. I did not know that these people would have such an impact on me, and I did not know that they would love me so much.
Soon, Maria will continue on her way to Madrid and I will wander around Toulousse by myself. Tonight I will be with Joel, our fearless leader. Then tomorrow is unknown.
I am happy to have some free days to relax, wash my clothes and catch up with emails and phone calls; but I am sad to leave Flamarens and all that it meant to me. I will return to the village as a pilgrim, and undoubtedly will stay for a day or two. But the friends I made in my workcamp will not be there, and I will miss them.
This means that I must work very hard this year so that I can continue travelling: Mexico, Korea, Turkey, Ukraine and Slovakia are all beckoning to me!