A WEEK IN FRANCE

Paris

The third mobility of our project took place in France and it started on the 11th of March. Again, seven students of our school had the chance of being part of this experience. This time, it was Mª Magdalena Nicolau, Joan Navarro, Joan Cerrato, Montserrat Santandreu, Antonina Carrió, Alba Viera and Paula Nicolau. 

As we usually do, we decided to leave a day earlier and spend two days (and one night) in the capital of France, Paris. There, we were lucky to have amazing weather and we could walk around the city and visit the most symbolic places. The Sacré Coeur, the Arc de Triomphe, les Champs - Élysées, the Louvre or la tour Eiffel were places that we could not miss. However, apart from the most touristic spots we could roam around other neighbourhoods and experience the city and its peculiar atmosphere from a different perspective. We had the hotel in the neighbourhood of Montmartre, a perfect location to discover Paris and the essence of the French capital. 

After two days in Paris we took a train from Montparnasse to Chartres.

There, the host families were waiting for our students and their particular adventure started there. From Chartres the students spread around the area, most of them being near Brou, the village where the school Florimond Robertet was placed. 

Brou 

“No problems, just solutions” is the topic of our project and, this time, the problems were related to social media and social networks. During the week, the French teachers prepared activities and workshops which had to do with the resolutions of conflicts related to the virtual world. Thus, some students had to prepare a dance, others a short movie and others a theater play in order to show to families and teachers the last day. Apart from these workshops and activities, students and teachers did other activities together, like treasure hunting in the middle of a big park near Brou. 

Thursday was the day chosen by the school to go to Paris. We went all together by bus and, there, we visited parts of the city and we went up to the top of the tour Eiffel. After that, we took a bateau mouche (a small boat) and we had the opportunity of seeing the city from the river Seine. 

Finally, on Friday the school planned the end-of-week party where teachers, families and students enjoyed together the last evening in France.  After the party, it was time to say goodbye and tears started to appear on the students’ faces. Possibly, the best ending of an amazing week, full of laughs and fun moments.