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We got up early for our last windsurfing class. Claire had gotten up an hour early and gotten breakfast ready again- she's a saint. I had a raisin pastry with sugar on top. Mmm mmm good. We tried to do everything the same as yesterday, hoping we'd have a good class again. But it didn't quite work out for me. There were some new girls in our class so they got the lighter sails and I had to move up. I didn't think it would be too bad, but it was much more windy today. We went out into the bay, and things didn't even start smoothly. I had a rough time figuring out how to control this wind, and I ended up drifting off quite aways. I was on my way to the next port when Fabio got me and another back on track. But, I still couldn't get it. I started to head towards the wall of the port and washed up on the rocks. The waves threw me against the mussel covered rocks and eventually, my board was stuck. I decided to wait for Fabio (who was nowhere to be seen). I passed the time trying to solve the problem, but gave up and started to work on a witty tweet about the situation, but nothing I came up within 140 characters satisfied me. Fabio came and rescued another washed up girl, then finally came for me. He let me in the boat and then yanked the board free. I got out of there with only a few cuts and scrapes. We calmed down on the beach until lunch time where I tried clams in pasta. They were a bit of a stretch for the little Kansas girl, but it was good. Then we went back to the beach to hang out with some friends for a few hours. I showed Anaïs and Emelie some pictures from Kansas, and they were shocked when I told them how hot and cold it got. After that, I wished my mom a happy birthday and then went home for dinner. Jean made mussels and chips and it was amazing as usual. We washed the dishes and then headed out to meet up with our friends again. We hung out on the beach for a while (where we took a lot of goodbye pictures), then went to one of the guys' dad's restaurant. It was about 11:30, and everyone had to go except for us and a guy named Christoph. He and Claire hadn't seen each other in a while, so we walked around and sat above the water and they caught up. It was very peaceful- calm water, lights all around, etc. at 1:15 Christoph had to go, so we made our way home where we went right to bed.
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