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Paris days 2 & 3

on August 03, 2018

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Dinan + Dinard + Saint-Malo

Yesterday we went on our first excursion to Dinan, Dinard, and Saint-Malo; three towns within an hour-drive from Saint-Brieuc. We arrived in Dinan around 9:15am. Dinan is a medieval town with many buildings dating from the 13th century. The city walls (ramparts) of the town are still standing, and you can walk a large portion of it. First, we headed towards the city center to visit the Basilique Saint-Sauveur. It was beautifully decorated with many stained-glass windows and religious artefacts. We arrived at the Basilica at perhaps the best possible time, as the light was shining through the windows and coloring the walls and the floor with very bright multi-color shades. Then we walked to the Château de la Duchesse Anne. The students had a lot of fun wandering up and down all the flights of stairs, peering into the rooms, and taking selfies at the top of the castle. Later, we walked up to the ramparts where the students could enjoy a view of the city's harbor and where I ma...

Leaving Saint-Brieuc + Paris day 1

Yesterday, we left Saint-Brieuc at 07:00am. There were a lot of tears, but a few happy faces too since we were going to Paris! Getting to Paris took about 6 hours. Right after lunch in Paris, the group split in 3. We tried to best accommodate what our students wanted to see in Paris by almost always giving them 2 or 3 options to choose from. During our stay in Paris, we will all meet as a group for lunch, dinner, and a couple of whole-group activities. For this reason, the Paris blog entries that you will see will be limited to one of the options that the students chose. For day 1, you will follow the group who wanted to see the French soccer team on the Champs-Elysées. For those of you who are still unaware, FRANCE WON THE WORLD CUP ON SUNDAY!! BRAVO LES BLEUS!! <3 The Bleus (what we call our soccer team here) flew back from Russia (where this year's Wold Cup took place) and landed in Paris at 4:00pm. Throughout the afternoon, approximately 300,000 people gathered on the Cham...

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