What better way to get a French experience than to cook your own French meal? Today we enjoyed the wonderful beach by the famous La Fregate hotel and got to cook our own dinner! We split up into three different groups for three different categories (le entree, le plat principle, avec le dessert). The experience was unforgettable, and the meal ...
Abbey Road's program in St-Laurent-du-Var has provided us again with a beautiful excursion. We spent the morning as we normally do, eating breakfast with our host families and then heading to class. These classes consist of outings into St-Laurent to speak with locals and exercises to practice our grammar, writing, and speech. After our ...
I have finally enjoyed the pleasure of going to French beaches - and they are even better than I thought! The water is perfectly cool and clear; the big rocks on the shore double as a hot rock massage as you lie out in the sun- c'est parfait! I could spend hours and hours floating in that water, and hopefully I will throughout the course of ...
On Monday, we started the regular rhythm of our program in Aix. Every morning, our students have French class with our teachers, Sophie and Jen. All classes are divided in two parts: The first part is in the classroom where the students learn grammar and theory, and the second part is outside where they have to interact with locals and practice ...
In French,"J'ai attrape un coup de soleil" simply means that "I got a sunburn", which is true as I really did get a terrible sunburn today. Even though it may imply that I stupidly did not put on enough sunblock this morning, there is an even greater significance behind my sunburn... Fun. After the past two days of exploring the different ...
The highlight of my week so far has been the day we headed to St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat for a day at the beach and a foray into the world of cooking. We divided ourselves into three groups and cooked two dishes for each course. We had chicken, garlic shrimp, ratatouille, rice, bruschetta, salad, fondant au chocolat, and tarte tatin. By the time we ...
Last night, the we went to the Nice Jazz Festival! Some in the program expressed interest, so the staff looked into buying tickets for the concerts. Kathy, our program director, was taking a count of who was interested in going. I was only planning on going for the experience and to be with the others from the program. But that was until Kathy ...
Bonsoir! This week has been a blast! Last night, we all went to the Nice Jazz Festival. We saw John Legend and C2C perform live… they were phenomenal! This morning after French class, we all ventured to the market to purchase produce and baked goods, and a crucial part of our assignment was to communicate with vendors solely in French. This ...
Bonjour again from Aix-en-Provence! The first week of classes is quickly coming to a close. With French classes every morning and either art or French conversation in the afternoon, students are constantly being immersed Aix's culture. On Tuesday, many of us chose to take a hike to Mont Sainte-Victoire, which is known for being the subject ...
Some of my friends and I signed a form that promised we wouldn't speak a word of English for the whole trip! It's a huge commitment, but it is worth it, because it really help better our French. I've been speaking French all day since yesterday morning, and it gets easier the longer you do it. We had our first French class Monday, which was ...