Sunday 24 April 2016

Dear Readers,

We have now returned and you must have heard it all from your child. But as your blogger it is my duty to complete the story of our ventures here, so with no further ado here it is...

On Thursday evening, after our encounter with various creatures from the world of Jules Vernes and a huge elephant, we were going to have a mini "competition" between France and Wales. We will call it the "Friendly Twos". Two because there were two nations and two events: Laser game and Bowling.
78 pupils and some teachers travelled to the nearby town of Redon to a bowling alley which only opened for us (N.B. The boys from the boarding school who came in October joined us for the evening).The two managers, by the way, only expected 48... Misunderstanding somewhere... We had a two-hour slot which, looking at the number, changed into a three-hour slot to ensure everyone had the same amount in the laser activity.
To keep the spirit of the exchange, French and British were mixed up and where possible, your child went in the same team as his pen friend.

Because of the nature of the laser game, it was virtually impossible to take picture but everyone had so much fun including the teachers!

As for the bowling, here id a sample of the pictures taken that evening:











A good evening by all as there were so much laughters in the place. Here are some more pictures, but this time of groups:







A special presentation to a special person was done at the end of the evening. We all pinch in and bought a card and flowers for Mme Anaïck Goujon who is the one who made all this week happening!



To keep in welsh tradition, on their way way out, ours pupils started singing the Welsh anthem followed by Calon lan. When the owners heard that they asked for a private concert, which the kids were more than happy to comply with :-)


We all went home tired but with a wide smile on our face :-D

Friday, April 22nd

It was time to say goodbye, all the families and pen friends were there to wave us goodbye. Lots of friendships have formed and it was sad to leave the people who hosted us so greatly :-(




However, our venutres weren't over yet, we still had an aquarium to visit and a stroll around the beautiful town of St Malo to do... Eventhough we were beyond tired !!!

In the Aquarium, we had a guided tour, which appeared afterwards a bit too much despite a great guide who wanted to share lots of facts and anecdotes about various fish and animals there.

Here are some pictures from there:





















After a short lunch at the aquarium, we all went to St Malo to do our final shopping and walk around town. Some went for a final crèpe or galette, other for an nice warm cup of hot chocolate.







I was then time to head to the ferry to make our journey back to homeland. Goodbye France, it has been a great experience. Merci beaucoup :-)

The last leg of our journey will be published later on today along with the final thought and the pupils comments...

To be continued...

Your blogger, 
FRJ

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