The document summarizes the activities of a school group from France during a 2011 trip to Paris. On Monday they arrived at the airport and visited their partner school, seeing classrooms, cafeteria, sports facilities and participating in an English class. On Tuesday they went to Paris, visiting perfume and fashion museums, took a boat tour on the Seine river seeing landmarks, and visited the Eiffel Tower. On Wednesday they visited a pastry school and hotelier school, eating lunch served by students. On Thursday they spent the day in Versailles, seeing gardens, having lunch, buying souvenirs, and touring part of the castle before returning home tired after a long day.

1. FRANCE 2011

2. MONDAY
We arrived at the airport of Paris Orly at 9:30 a.m .We arrive at
school at 10.30 am approximately ,then we presented ourselves
to the host Comenius partners and we ate together in the cafeteria
specifically we eat couscous .After they showed us the school ; it
was divided by apartments ,there was three blocks: the first floor
classrooms had only literature, languages ​and history about 12
classrooms ; on the second floor (the floor below) was the cafeteria
and classrooms sciences, information technology, plastic,
audiovisual, the library ; the orientation departments. Next there
was another block organized by foreign and intermediate classes.
Finally they showed us a sports center with tennis, basketball,
athletics, football, climbing, judo etc. After the visit we participated
to one of the english class and finally everyone went home with
their comenius partener.

3. TUESDAY
Tuesday we went to Paris to spend the day visiting the capital. We
went to the perfume museum where they explain us the history of
the perfume also how they make the perfume and they showed us
some types of perfumes and fragances. We were shown different
smells of each perfume and explained a little different perfumes
that they made.

4. Then whe went to visit Thierry Mugler the fashion designer , they
showed us all their offices and what they do in each departament,
also we saw some fashion designers ,that where working for the
collection, clothes,bags ,shoes…

5. After the lunch, we went to the banks of the river to take on
the ”bateau mouche”, who translated the ship fly. The ship's name comes
from”Mouche ”area of Lyon.
It is a boat that shows the city of Paris via a tour of the River Seine.
Along the way, through a headset, a voice will explain the
different monuments that can be observed. The most important
monuments are: the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the
Orsay museum, Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, Place de la Concorde,
the Grand palace ...
We did not go all the way to the river, and the visit lasted over 30 minutes.

6. After the boat tour, we visited the Eiffel Tower, but visited only from
outside, but also climbed to the second floor of the monument by the
stairs. Once up there, we enjoyed magnificent views of the city of Paris.
We spent some time resting and recovering from the long climb, we take
photos to the landscape and then we went down.
After this exhausting but fun day, we went back to grab the train
back each with its corresponding family.

7. WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday we went the whole comenius group, to visited one
of the most important pastry called Lenôtre , created in Paris .In
1971 they open the fist school of pastries. We could watch an taste
some kinds of pastries but also we tasted the lopster that in one
classroom where cooking it. After, we when to “école hôtelière”
where we could eat lunch , we where served by the students who
where doing practices.

9. THURSDAY
The last day we spend the day at Versailles. First we explained the
history of the gardens of Versailles and let us go into some places
where it was difficult to enter because usually always crowded. We
liked everything we saw but we had to walk far to reach the castle
and the gardens are very large dimensions.Then we took lunch and
then we have the opportunity to buy some souvenirs for the
family.In the afternon,we visited the castle on the inside,but we
couldn’t see the whole of it because you need a couple of
days.Finally about 6 o’clock we go to our respectives homes, after a
long an tiring day.