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WHAT'S NEW FOR 2011 ? |
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Chaque année en fin de saison, nous faisons le point sur nos différents prestataires, et nous cherchons de nouvelles destinations pour nos enseignants fidèles!
De retour de la Grande Bretagne nous vous proposons de nouveaux programmes qui seront affichés très prochainement...
NOUVEAUTE La région de Cambridgeshire - un programme complet avec une ou deux journées à Londres, la découverte de la ville de Cambridge et son université, journée détente avec Golf ou Cricket et des familles très accueillantes et sympathiques, à l'écoute de vos élèves et dans une petite ville sécure et typiquement british....
Nos coups de coeur : Twickenham à l'ouest de Londres, le Devon avec de supers programmes à thème sur les écrivains anglais (Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie...), Le pays de Galles pour sa tradition, la gentillesse des gallois, des paysages magnifiques et un choix remarquable de visites et activités.
SI VOUS N AVEZ PAS ENCORE POSE UNE OPTION - NE TARDEZ PAS CAR LES MEILLEURES DESTINATIONS AFFICHENT VITE "COMPLET" A LA RENTREE. NOUS POUVONS GARDER VOTRE OPTION (SANS OBLIGATION) JUSQU AU MOIS D OCTOBRE.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF.... |
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When I was 13 I went on my first trip abroad. A trip organised by my french teacher to an industrial town in the north of France, near Lille.
In hindsight, I can think of more exotic destinations, but at the time Tourcoing seemed romantic enough and as far away from Manchester as Mars.
Arriving at night, strange yellow headlights, driving on the other side of the road.....and then the butterflies in the stomach when we were introduced to our host families.
I distinctly remember lying in bed in this strange house and thinking to myself “what am i going to say tomorrow morning?”.
Breakfast time was my first experience of french gastronomy! Chocolate spread on bread? Green milk (drunk out of a bowl not a mug) which tasted like toothpaste! When the group met up for the day, we certainly had lots to talk about!
In school, teachers with long hair smoking in the playground and not a uniform in sight !
This experience was an eye opener for me. I did improve my french but more importantly I realised how rich other cultures could be and how i would need language skills to be able to exchange with others. I learnt tolerance and developped a passion for travel, languages and people. The trip also rid me of all the clichés we tend to attach to different nationalities – no, french people don’t all ride bicycles with strings of onions round their necks, wearing berets and striped t-shirts...
I went on to study French to a higher level and travelled for a number of years before settling in France 17 years ago. I am now in a position to help others live similar experiences.
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