My first week has been incredibly busy. We visited the beautiful country of Monaco and the Fragonard perfumerie, climbed up to the picturesque village of Eze, and admired an incredible assortment of fish and other sea creatures at the most amazing aquarium I've ever been to. Beyond all of these exciting activities, we also got to hang out at ...
It may only be our second day of classes, but I have already noticed improvement in my French. In a way, just being in France and interacting with the French people is like a class. My class mostly discussed our weekend. I found this exercise to be very helpful because during it, I realized I was a little rusty, and this lesson refreshed my ...
Bonjour! This past weekend has been crazy! On Saturday, we all headed over to Monaco for the first half of the day. After departing our bus, most of the group went to the Monaco aquarium. However, I went with some friends to explore the gorgeous town. We went go-carting in the “Mini Grand Prix”, which was a blast despite our constant ...
It has been a very relaxing past couple of days in Aix-en-Provence. It already feels as if we are simply locals living the French lifestyle. On Saturday some students woke up early to go on their daily morning jog through the city center. After this, the whole group gathered together to go to the famous Aix-en-Provence market. Here students ...
Coucou! After almost a week here, we have become accustomed to the new language, new region, new time zone, and hot climate. We have been exploring Aix, and the regions around it, nonstop. We started the trip off with a bang by getting to see the Tour de France as it made its way around the famous "La Rotonde". It was such a surreal ...
July 4th: Today is the Fourth of July! Normally I would be counting down the minutes until sunset so I can set off fireworks, but I expect waiting another ten days to experience Bastille Day ("the French Fourth of July" as I have heard it called) will be well worth it. Out of all the things that we did today - having our first lunch in town, ...
The first weekend on the program was wonderful! We had a day trip to Marseille and Arles, plus one day to explore Aix. Friday we went to Marseille where we visited the famous harbor, the Notre Dame de la Garde, and ate traditional navettes. Marseille is the big city near Aix. Then on Saturday we went to the local market where we shopped for ...
I don`t even know how should I start... It has been less than a week here in Aix, and we have already done so many things. I don't know if you have ever heard of "Le Tour de France", but we actually got to see it. Even though it took only a few seconds for the bikers to pass and the waiting was pretty exhausting, it really felt incredible ...
On Sunday, we went west to Antibes. We started our morning with a visit to Le Marché Provencale. There, we bought everything from fruit to nougat to foie gras. Afterward, we toured le Musée Picasso and spent some time enjoying the view from Picasso's terrace. Later, we went to Juan les Pins, where we enjoyed a few hours on the beach and ...
Saturday morning is the most lively day in Aix: it is the market day, when everyone goes to shop for local goods and products. From fresh flowers to freshly cooked bread, goat cheese, honey, olives, apricots, and strawberries, our students went in groups to shop for the picnic. All together, we shared a delicious picnic in Parc Jourdan ...