2013
French Trip
Thursday
June 13 – Saturday June 29
Flight information for
the group
MEET AT THE Eugene AIRPORT
AT 11:00 am
Leaving
from Eugene: at 1:00pm – Delta 4680
Arrival at Salt Lake City at 3:45 /
departure at 5:05 – Delta 89
Arrival CDG, Paris Airport, Friday
14th at 11:15am
Return for the group
Leaving
Paris CDG airport: Saturday, June 29 at
10:40am – Delta 88
Arrival
Portland Airport at 3:54pm - Delta,
flight 4691
Parents will organize
pick-up - Don't forget me!
Contacts:
Catherine
Wiebe home : 541 344 1275
Cell:
011 33 7 88 27 42 64 / From France: 07 88 27 42 64
Blog:
catherinewiebe.blogspot.com / French trip 2013
French teachers from June 15th to June 23rd
Laurent
Dethesut: 011 33 6 72 92 31 63
Collège
Edmond Rostand: 011 33 5 53 80 31 37
Avenue
de l’Europe – 24700 Montpon - France
Your
correspondent: _______________________________________________
Hotels – We should arrive in most hotels at around 6 p.m. + leave
at around 8 am
Night
of the 14th – Hotel Premier Classe Bayeux: 011 33 2 31 10 13 30
Night
of the 24th – Hotel Quick Palace Tours: 011 33 2 47 88 04 05
Night
of the 25th – Hotel ibis budget Versailles / St Cyr: 011 33 8 92 68
30 98
Nights
of the 26-28th – Hotel Eiffel – 6 rue du gros caillou Paris: 011 33 1 45 51 51 51
Trip’s schedule
Friday
14th
Arrival
at the airport at 11:15 – We meet with our bus driver and we drive to
Colleville-sur-mer, Normandy’s most famous American Cemetery (http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php)
- The drive is about 3 hour long. We will have a light lunch on the way
(sandwiches / fruits). We will have about 2 hours to walk through the cemetery
and visit the small yet informative museum.
We
will drive to Bayeux (20 minutes) to find our first hotel + eat a warm meal
(students selected their menu / actually we had to select 1 menu for all, my bad. I sent the most popular request: Quiche Lorraine / Poulet rôti + frites + poêlée de légumes + fondant au chocolat). I'll request other options if someone doesn't like eggs, bacon, meat or chocolat.
We will stay 1 night only.
Students are encouraged to relax and sleep. They should not try to contact
families nor to chat late into the night as we will have an early departure the
next morning. Suitcases need to stay packed. Students need to be dressed and
ready to eat breakfast before 8:00 – We need to leave the hotel before 8:45
Saturday
15th
Leave the hotel at 8:45 and
walk to the Bayeux Tapestry museum. A small museum where we will see up close
the oldest “comic strip” in the world.
10:30
walk back to the bus and drive to Mont St Michel (1 hour and 30 minutes drive)
– We will eat lunch (sandwich + fruits) and spend about 2 hours visiting this
interesting place set in the sea.
2:30
– Depart to drive to Montpon (about 6 hour drive with a stop for the driver).
Students can sleep, read, play cards, eat snacks, listen to music.
10:30
– Expected arrival at Montpon where families will pick up students and
teachers.
Sunday
16th
Stay
with the family.
Monday
17th
Meet at school at 8:30. Field trip to the Prehistoric Museum
and to the Lascaux caves (90 minute drive) + visit to a XIVth century
castle. Picnic is prepared by the school. We come back at 5:00 and go back with
host families.
Tuesday
18th
Meet
at school. Spend the day at school, take a few classes, eat lunch at the
cafeteria. At 3:00 p.m. the American consul comes to school for a mini lecture.
At 5:00 the mayor of the town comes to welcome us (reception), the new all eat
at the cafeteria. Diner put together by parents. (this is when we will sing)
Wednesday
19th
Meet
at school before 8:00. Field trip to the beach with French students. La dune du
Pyla – Climb the highest dune of Europe http://www.ladunedupilat.com
. Visit of Bassin d’Arcachon + shopping in Arcachon. Back in Montpon around 8:00
p.m.
Thursday
20th
Meet at school. Spend the day
at school, take a few classes, eat lunch at the cafeteria.
Friday
21st
Meet
at school at 8:30 – Fieldtrip with French students to a paper factory
(handmade). Afternoon visit of Bergerac (Cyrano) + boating on la Dordogne
(river). Festival of music in the evening with families
Saturday
22nd + Sunday 23rd:
Stay with families. Saturday
big school evening party
Monday
24th
8:00
- Goodbyes – We take the bus for Futuroscope (a 2 hour and an half trip) 4 hours of fun at the futuroscope! Extreme thrills, images in giant-screen format,
breathtaking shows, interactive adventures. Lunch
on site. www.futuroscope.com
3:30
– leave for Chenonceaux, Castle on the Loire Valley (1 hour long trip). We will
visit the castle for about 2 hours. www.chenonceau.com
7:00
– leave for Tours, our hotel (30 minutes away) – Diner at Le Poivron Rouge
(restaurant across from the hotel).
9:00
– Go to the hotel and get ready to rest / sleep – We will stay 1 night only,
keep your bags packed and you room clean. We need to leave early the next day
to be at Amboise by 8:45 (30 minutes away)
Tuesday
25th
Wake-up
call at 7:00 to be ready to leave before
8:15 for Amboise, home of king
François 1er and also burial place of Leonardo Da Vince.
9
to 10 - commented visit of the castle + 30 minutes of exploration
11:00
– leave for Chaumont-sur-Loire – Picnic in the Festival of Gardens http://www.domaine-chaumont.fr/en_festival_festival
- Visit of the gardens
2:30
– Leave for Versailles - (2 hours and 30 minute drive)
5:00
- Stop at the hotel / short rest – We find Dani Emerick - Go to Versailles to
visit Les jardins du châteaux – Diner
at 7 p.m. à La Flotille http://www.laflottille.fr/index_fr.htm
9:30
– Back to the hotel - Keep your bags packed and you
room clean. We need to leave early the next day to be at Versailles by 8:45 (10
minutes away)
Wednesday
26th
8:30
– leave for Versailles le château –
2-hour visit.
11:30
– leave for Paris > Esplanade de la Défense (picnic) – Visit of La Défense;
a unique place that includes avant-garde architecture + great green spaces.
1:30
– Bus gives us a small tour in Paris: Avenue Royale > le Louvre > les
Invalides > La Tour Eiffel > hotel : 6 rue du gros caillou – Paris 75007
- http://www.hotel-eiffel.com
2:30
– Check in Paris Hotel – Walk to Musée Rodin (visit of statues in garden) +
Invalides (Napoleaon’s tomb) – Walk to Eiffel Tower > climb to the top >
go on a small cruise on the Seine.
7:30
– Find a restaurant or picnic at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower.
Thursday
27th
7:30
– Breakfast – Be ready to go at 8:30 – Walk to Musée d’Orsay (2 hours and 30
minutes visit) –
11:30
– Walk to Jardins du Luxembourg (picnic) > walk to Notre-Dame through
Quartiers Latin > walk to les Halles (Beaubourg / Park) > Ice cream
pause.
4:00
– Take the Metro (ligne 14) to Bercy + enjoy the Park de Bercy + view of Grande
Bibliothèque Nationale.
7:00
– Find a restaurant – Quartier Latin?
Friday
28th
7:30 – Breakfast – be ready
to go at 8:30 – Walk to Musée du Louvre (2 hours and 30 minutes visit) – Lunch
at the Louvre
Walk through Les Tuileries to
place de la Concorde > Take the Métro to Montmartre . Climb to the top,
visit the Basilique St Pierre > enjoy the view > Go Place Montmartre to
see painters.
5:00 - Take the Metro to Les
Champs Elysées, stroll up and down and check out l’Arc de Triomphe.
7:00 - Eat at Pizza Vésuvio
(top of Champs Elysées). Return to the hotel for a last visit to the Eiffel
Tower + Pack.
Saturday
29th
7:30
– leave the hotel to be at the airport by 8:30
