his state visit to france to return home this morning. the germanwings flight originated in barcelona, and a count of spanish surnames suggests about 45 of the passengers may have been spanish nationals. still no official count, though from officials in spain. mourning along with those families in germany are the residents of this small spanish town where the german students attended that exchange program. hundreds gathering at a mass to remember their new friends. cnn's karl penhaul is there with the very latest. good morning, karl. >> reporter: morning, christine. this is the spanish school we're outside it now, where those 16 german students spent the last week studying. now, while they were studying they were also being hosted by spanish families. they were forging friendships here. they were learning the language. they were continuing friendships as well because only three weeks ago, a group of spanish students had traveled to germany to study there and stay with german families. so today those friendships now