Dear Rebecca, It was exciting to hear your news. You will be just across la manche from us so we will certainly hope to see you in London. We have a nice guest room here and you are welcome to come anytime, just give us some notice.
Please let us know how long you are planning to be in Amiens--and are you going to be teaching English?
Your post brought back the first time I went to Europe when I was seventeen, to spend a couple months with a Swiss family. It was the single most helpful thing I ever did to improve my spoken French.
I also spent the spring semester of my junior year in Paris. My boyfriend joined me there, which was probably a mistake from the language point of view, but it was fun.
We will probably be in France the week after Christmas, in Paris and Annecy.
Hope you had a great trip, and look forward to hearing from you soon,
Laura