It's 11h15 and we're in Quimper. Unfortunately the pottery has not been able to let us visit this morning as planned. We will spend an hour looking around Quimper before setting off at 12h15 towards Locronan.
It's 7h50 and we're preparing to set off for school. The coach leaves at 8h20 to take us to Quimper. We will stop off en route at a faïencerie (pottery) at 10h15. We'll also be stopping at lunchtime for a picnic at Locronan. We need to be back at school by 16h30 for those taking the school buses home.
It's 16h45 and all the students have had fun this afternoon buying Breton produce for family and friends back home from the Market in Lesneven. The school buses have now left (school ends at 16h30 here) and all the students have gone home for the evening. Perhaps they might be helping their exchange partners with their English homework? We meet at school tomorrow at 8h20. A demain!
It's 13h45 and we've just finished lunch served in the school canteen. We're now spending the afternoon walking around and shopping at the market in the old town at Lesneven. We will be meeting up again with our exchange partners at 16h15 to catch the school buses.
It's 11h30 and we're on the island with the tallest stone lighthouse in Europe. It's got over 370 steps and it's a long way up and down. The island also has hundreds of nesting seagulls. Two members of the group have discovered that baby seagull poo cleans up easily!
Bonjour! It's 8h30 on Monday morning and we've all met up again at the school. We're just about to listen to a welcome speech from Monsieur Lavarec who is the Headteacher. We are in the same room as the German exchange students so the Head is speaking in French, Jonathan is translating into English, and a German teacher is translating into German. All at the same time! At 9h20 we're departing on coaches for Lilia where we'll be taking a boat to visit a lighthouse - phare de l'Ile Vierge.
It's 18h30 and we've arrived back at school after a fun day at the theme park in the rain! Everyone has now gone with their exchange partners and their families where they will stay for for the rest of the week-end gaining an insight into French family life. The blog will continue on Monday morning when we all meet up at school for a formal welcome from the Headteacher.
It's 11h45 and after a wonderful petit déjeuner served by our exchange school we have now just arrived at the theme park - Les Trois Curés à Milizac. We have two coaches- one with the English and one with the French. We are all now pairing up with our exchange partners before heading off to enjoy the day in the theme park despite the weather-it's currently 15C but raining! We will be arriving back at school at 18h00 today.
It's 09h15 and after an hours delay at Roscoff Ferryport trying to locate a lost wallet and a lost teddy bear (both reunited with their owners!) our coach is finally leaving to go to school for breakfast. J'ai faim!
It's 08h00 in France. We've arrived safely in Roscoff. We're now going to take our French coach to the school in Lesneven where we'll be greeted and served breakfast.
It's 10pm we're all safely aboard the luxurious Brittany Ferry called Armmorique. We're just being given our cabin passes and we will shortly be retiring to our beds in the cabins. We'll be arriving in Roscoff in France at 7am UK time tomorrow morning. Bonne nuit!
It's 805pm and we've arrived at Plymouth Ferryport. We're waiting in the departure lounge for our ferry which leaves at 10pm.
It's 530pm and we've just stopped at Sedgemoor Services on the M5 south of Bristol. We're making good progress. Back on the road again at 6.15pm
It's 205pm and the coach has just left en route to Plymouth.
This is the blog for the Belper School French Exchange 2009 from the 11th - 20th June. You can follow all the excitement direct from this blog which will be regularly updated. We are going to Lesneven in Brittany where we will be staying with host families of students and teachers from the établissement secondaire Saint-Francois Notre-Dame in Lesneven.
We will leave from outside school on Thursday 11th June at 14h00 (2pm).
The coach arrives at 13h45 (1.45pm) in the bus bay! We are due to return back to school on Saturday 20th June at approximately 2am.
We will be travelling to France overnight on the ferry leaving from Plymouth at 22h00 (10pm) on Thursday 11th June and we will arrive at 08h00 (French time - CET) on Friday 12th June in Roscoff in France.
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