Day 7-The freedom of a French student, A delicious tour.

Day seven- Yummy bakery trip and exploring Historic Angers


We started off the day attending classes with our Frenchies. For lunch, several students got to enjoy a privilege they don' have at home: leaving school for lunch. Depending on their class schedule, French students are allowed up to a 3 hour lunch break to leave school and travel anywhere they'd like for lunch. One student took the tram into the city with her Frenchie and her friends. She was given a quick tour of the city and shown the best places to eat. They chose to eat at a pasta restaurant, where the food was served in a Chinese take out container! They enjoyed their meal sitting in a beautiful garden in front of the Château d'Angers, something you'd never get to experience in the US!

After lunch, the students returned to school for classes.  At 4 o'clock we headed back out again to visit a bakery in Angers. The owner, Monsieur Phillipe, was nice enough to take his time to give us tours. The students broke into two groups, and one explored the city while the other took the bakery tour.  Monsieur Phillipe explained how his bakery makes their delicious bread, step by step. Learning about how long and rigorous the process is was amazing!  He was so enthusiastic about his business that he made the whole tour so much fun! We were given the chance to knead and form our own baguettes and pastries. We were given so many samples of different types of bread, pastries, and éclairs that we were stuffed when the tour was over!

Once everyone had the chance to explore Angers, take the tour, and buy a pastry if they wished, we returned to the school for the farewell dinner. Parents helped out to prepare a fabulous meal for everyone involved in the exchange! We had Fouées, which is a small, airy bread that you can stuff. The bread was freshly made in a wood fire oven they brought to the school. We filled it with meats, hot apples, salted butter, and nutella! The students played games, such as foosball, and talked with all of their friends throughout the night. There was lots of laughter and smiles It was emotional knowing this was the last time our whole exchange group would be able to spend time together in one place.