Starting our day at a crisp 10:30 AM, my group and I set out to find the bike shop where we would rent our bikes and begin our journey through the Central Eastern countryside of France. Clouds hung menacingly in the air, daring to drop rain on us at any moment, but the most we …
Day 5 – Velleron
Bonjour! It was a beautiful day in Velleron, located in the countryside of France. We were blessed with clear blue skies and temperatures that stayed in the high 70’s. Today was the first day to spend as a group doing an activity since yesterday was spent traveling. This activity was none other than hiking in …
Day 4 – Courmangoux
Early this morning we said, “Au revoir,” to beautiful Paris and parted ways in our individual groups. After a quick breakfast stop, Luke, myself, and the rest of our group were on our way to the train station to head off on our next adventure. We hopped off the train at Bourg-en-Bresse (sung to the …
Day 3 – La Course Fantastique
For those who don’t know, most of our trip has been a complete surprise to all of us who signed up. So far, if you’ve been keeping up, you would know we have had an extremely active few days here in Paris! Mix activity with surprise and you get the ‘Amazing Race’. If you’re like …
Day 2 – Croissants, Perfume and the Twinkling Eiffel Tower
How would you imagine a day in France? Baguettes, croissants, the Eiffel Tower, berets, etc. While our first full day as a class did include some of that, the majority of our day was more than any of us had expected. We started our morning with fresh croissants and headed on a walk towards the …
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Day 1 – Bonjour!
Bonjour de France! Our group is finally here in Paris, ready to see what the next 3 weeks of adventuring around France has in store for us. We started our days with a beautiful flight landing into Paris and voilà! We all were asked to navigate our way to our hotel. Lucky for us, we …
The French Lived Experience!
It was a cold afternoon today in France with blustery winds and little sunlight. Although most of our day was cloudy, they would eventually opened up for a short period of time around 1pm. Capitalizing on this rare sunshine, we headed to the Jardin du Luxembourg to stroll through both French and English gardens. We …
French Lived Experience 2019 