Day 2 - vite fait!

Salut à tous!

Just a quick summary today - it's late and we've had another action filled day!

After a much needed sleep in, we ventured to the Musée d'Orsay to see the most amazing works of impressionist art. Monet, Manet, Renoir, Van Gogh are all housed in this beautiful museum, which is undoubtedly a work of art in itself. The students were all fascinated and were delighted to find out why this was such an important artistic movement. 

The Courtyard at our hostel -  Zoe and hattie taking some time out.

 We spent a large portion of the day shopping at the Grands Magasins. The shopping was clearly good as almost everyone bought something, and better yet, almost everyone wore something new out to dinner!

We all indulged on the cuisine of the South West of France, famous for large serves, duck, potatoes, rich sauces and of course... les escargots! Reports are still coming in as to who, how many etc, but I can say that garlic and parsley escargots were the clear winners when it came to flavour.

 Santé! Liam and Quinn at Chez Papa restaurant.

We ended the night my heading to Notre Dame, where we sang 'Joyeuese Anniversaire' to Maddy Rock. Hopefully she had a birthday to remember, at least if not for her macaron cake from Ladurée, arguably the best Macarons in Paris - or indeed the World!

Tomorrow is our last big day in Paris - it will be a busy day as we head to Les Invalides, the Champs-Elysées, Le Louvre, another classic French Dinner and finally a comedy show called 'How to be Parisian in One Hour' We'll also be able to practice our singing of Joyeuse anniversaire, as it will be Liam's birthday!

Can't wait.

Stay tuned,

Shawn Kasbergen