So far we have been to the beach twice. "La vieille ville" of Nice and St. Laurent, and many other fascinating and beautiful places. The past three days have been very busy! On Monday we visited "la vieille ville" of St. Laurent. We walked around the narrow streets and saw many moments such as "l'eglise" the church, which was built in the ...
July 6, 2015 Today was our first full day in Nice. When I had arrived, I was overly exhausted due to the 6 hour time difference, but nonetheless was swept away by the serene beauty of this place. From the airport, we'd hopped on the bus which had taken us to our residence; La Segurane. Each person has their own personal room accompanied with a ...
Train stations, beaches, and lots of fun activity filled our day yesterday, July 7th. We started off in the classroom for the first time and surprisingly it was air-conditioned, which was pretty awesome. You forget how much of a luxury that is when you’re without it for a while! During class, we took a short written French test and an oral ...
Today was our first day of French classes. We spent an hour in the classroom, then spent the rest of the class period talking to people we found in town. Counterintuititively, class was one of my favorite parts of the day; everyone came back with great stories about people they talked to and places they went in town. I came into the ...
The first set of classes started today (Tuesday). They were wonderful, we split off into two groups to learn. After a while of learning, we all visited a candy factory where we were given a tour, all in French. I'd be lying if I said it was not difficult but I did get the overall ideas. Then after our residence meal, we went to our first ...
This first weekend of our Nice trip was amazing. Although we got there to find out there is a heat wave going on currently, the heat did not make a dent in our fun. On Saturday once we got to the residence, unpacked and freshened up it was time to meet all of our peers. We did this while having a snack (with the best croissants I have ever ...
Today, my “real” family dropped me off at the Nice airport after a wonderful week of vacationing throughout Paris and the south of France. It was sunny and absolutely beautiful outside, no doubt a preface for the wonderful weather and experiences to come. After waiting in the airport for a short while, eating a Kit Kat or 3 in the meantime, ...
Prior to my summer program in France with Abbey Road, I wished to immerse myself in the French culture, expand my French vocabulary, and generally have a better understanding of the French language. I was so excited to come to France for the first time and explore the depths of the French Riviera. I couldn’t wait to meet my host family and ...
[caption id="attachment_14378" align="alignnone" width="640"] https://handluggageonly.co.uk/2018/03/31/10-things-to-do-in-nice-france/[/caption] It seems like no matter where I go, there is an homage paid to French Culture. There are many things throughout the world that we do to remember their culture. It brings up the question, why is it ...
There is saying that goes somewhere along the lines of you need to find a place to call home that can be your Paris. What this means is that you need to find a location to live and work that is as awesome to you as Paris is to the rest of the world. But there is one problem, what do you do when people can’t make a mid-sized town with a ...