Getting ready to go up! Thanks everyone for a fantastic trip. Enjoy the rest of your summer.
Up on the top of the tower.
La Tour Eiffel
Today we split up into two groups. I took 10 students to the Chateau de Versailles while Vali took the rest of the group to a couple of museums in Paris.
Hall of Mirrors.
View of the chateau from the gardens.
View of the Eiffel Tower and the full moon on the Bateaux Mouche Seine River cruise.
Alexandra, Maddie, Julia and Rebecca on the cruise.
Pont Neuf.
Isabel, Emma and Rebecca in the hotel parking lot, on their way to dinner.
Dinner.
Our second day of adventure in Paris.
The weather has been beautiful and warm so we enjoyed the world famous Berthillon ice cream on the Ile St Louis this afternoon.
One of the many metro trains we've taken.
Notre Dame.
More metro trains.
The famous Moulin Rouge in the Montmartre district.
Paul and Juneau on the see-saw (le tapecul) during a break from walking around Montmartre.
The view of Paris from the Sacre Coeur Basilica.
Rebecca and a couple of others had some of the "locals" sketch their portraits.
The only vineyard in Paris. It's in the Montmartre district and is quite small.
Montmartre district.
Tracy et Vali.
The group in front of Sacre Coeur.
Today we took the high speed TGV from Montpellier to Paris. It was about a 3.5 hour ride. Our hotel is right next to the Eiffel Tower, I just took this photo at 11pm tonight from the parking lot. Pas mal!
Emma playing tourist in front of Notre Dame.
Elena showing us her purchases from the Louvre gift shop.
Emma and Sophie deciding what to visit next in the Louvre.
Venus de Milo. The godness of love dating to 100 BC. Incroyable.
Yes, there's the Mona Lisa behind a heavy pane of glass and you have to be a brave soul to push your way past the massive crowds of tourists to get a glimpse.
Paul and Juneau getting involved in the Louvre museum map reading challenge.
Fun photo shot before going into the Louvre.
Sophie being a good tourist....reading her guidebook of Paris on the metro. Bravo!
Saying good-bye to our immersion families.
Place de la Comedie in Montpellier. The center of town.
On the beach in Montpellier, the Sunday afternoon before we met the immersion families.
La Plage
Next stop Montpellier.
I guess no one listened when I said to pack light.
Daily markets.
Les Jacobins in Toulouse. A Gothic church dating back to the 12th century.
Melyssa was one of many who took advantage of the coffee machine at the school.
Another street near the school. At the end is the the Basilica Saint-Sernin. The most famous and beautiful of the Romance architecture in the south of France.
Place du Capitole during the day.
Language partners at a local café: La Maison.
The metro stop closest to our school.
Our local bus company A. Faur!
View of the French countryside and sunflowers (tournesols) taken from the bus.
Everyone on the bus!
