Tuesday 28/9

Wow, what a fantastic day! Morning and sun shone gloriously. Up to Jugon des Lacs where group split up in 3: some sailors, some canoers and some archery lovers. The atmosphere at the lake was magical. Lunch and there we went to a "lycee" = more or less sixth form, where we were welcomed warmly, not only by staff and students, but also by journalists of 2 newspapers; it is not every day that this region is visited by a school from Africa. Our students had a questionnaire and asked a lot of questions in French to find out more about the French school system, similarities and differences with BMIS. I am so proud of our students who proved to be real inquirers. It was hard to seperate them from their French friends. MFL section will set up a correspondence project with this school. We spent much more time at the school than anticipated, so we had to squeeze in the St Malo aquarium tour: learning more about sharks and piranhas, and last but not least: a dive in a sort of submarine. Everybody was so excited. In beautiful St Malo we all had a delicious French pancake, a "crepe", I pronounced wrongly as crap. Students filled out a survey in French and ordered in French and asked to go to the bathroom in French. Dinner back in the hotel with another primeur: snails! We hadn't told the students, most of whom liked the delicacy. And now -almost midnight, so no photos and student quotes today, sorry for that, but we teachers need some sleep too- we just got back from the bowling centre in Dinan, having had a great time, also playing other games like pool billiard, guitar battle and miniature basketball. This fantastic group of young people is so well capable of having a good time!