Reunion a Piece of Stuff by loopy (Lucy Rhydwen-Marett) 66 Western Australian exchange students infested the tropical paradise of Reunion Island to learn French... With only 660 000 inhabitants, Reunion Island was bound to notice the 66 WA students who left their mummies and daddies to venture into the big wide world. For some unknown reason only 6 of the 66 of us were boys. This leaves one wondering quite what happened to the adventurous teenage boys of the past. In fact, a few of them were seen to be shedding tears on the departure from Reunion. We all like to think that we absorbed quite a bit of French on our stay in Reunion, but some of us opted to come back with more than just French. A few romances with the local teenagers were reported, along with numerous piercings and even a tattoo! The Reunionaise have a warped impression of Australians, particularly after one incident in which two Aussies in a row stayed at the same hotel and both of them happened to be vegetarian. The people of Reunion now think that all Australians are vegetarian and probably that all vegetarians are Australian! Trust the Australians to think of chocolate when climbing a volcano. Upon reaching the top, one of the few boys revealed that he'd brought along chocolate brownies. This was just what we all needed after stumbling over solid lava for three hours! Of course, on top of all this there were the language problems. We all suffered little mishaps in our French speaking. I even said that my mother was a church when what I really meant was that she's Welsh. The experience was definately enjoyable though and I do have some more exciting stories for another day! Created on Wed, 27 Aug 1997 and last modified on Thu, 16 Oct 1997.

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