Day 10 - Monaco Agenda

P2P Day 10 - Monaco Enjoy a guided orientation of Monaco, famous for its royal family, the Grimaldis, and its Grand Prix racetrack. Did you know that Monaco occupies an area smaller than that of New York's Central Park? Enjoy a city walk with your Delegation Manager through Eze, a favorite retreat of the famous philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Attend an educational meeting at the L'Usine Laboratoire of Fragonard. Learn more about the production of "parfum". A challenge is waiting for you: find out if you can smell and identify the different essences! Meet your home stay family...During the upcoming days, you will experience the real Italian way of life with them! Nights for July 11-13 with Homestay Families in La Spezia, Italy.

Photos from Facebook

Group Photo!

I've finally got some breathing room after the holiday weekend; but, I realized that copying and pasting all of the updates on the Facebook page would be an overwhelming task. 

I did save many of the photos from the past few days in an album, which I have stored in my Dropbox.  You can access these photos by clicking here, or on the photo, and you may view all of the images.  My apologies that they may not be in a chronological order and are without explanation.  Going forward, I hope to have the time to re-post the Leader updates from Facebook to the blog for those of you who do not have Facebook.

Thank you!

Charlie

Day 9 Agenda - Nice, France; July 7, 2014

Day 9 Agenda - July 7, 2014 Discover the beautiful French Riviera during a guided orientation of Cannes, famous for its film festival. Nice is the largest resort town on the Mediterranean coast. Enjoy our picnic Dinner at the Chocolate Factory Tour. Then have fun in the lovely Tourettes sur Loup. Get a good night's sleep as we leave early for Monaco the next morning!

Pictures coming!

For those of you who follow the blog and do not use Facebook, as soon as my day slows down, I will try to re-post the photos and descriptions that leaders have posted on Facebook (in order).  Thanks for your patience!

Charlie

In the meantime, enjoy this completely unrelated photo of an adorable baby hedgehog.

Day 8 Agenda - Cannes, France; July 6, 2014

Day 8 Agenda - Cannes, France Be welcomed by officials of the town of Draguignan. Visit the Rhone American Cemetery, the last resting place of 861 soldiers who were killed in 1944 during the surprise landing in southern France. We will have an Official Welcome from the director of the cemetery. Relax on the beaches of the beautiful Cote d'Azur (Blue Coast) or have some free time in the city of the famous Cannes film festival. Time to have some fun together! Let's go bowling

Day 7 - Avignon, France

Discover this old medieval town while having a guided orientation through the narrow streets. The movie "Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves" (1991) was filmed in Carcassonne. Since 1997 this Historic City has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visit the Papal Palace, recognized as a World Heritage site by the UNESCO. The Papal Palace is the biggest Gothic palace in all of Europe (15,000 m2 of floor space, which is the equivalent of 4 Gothic cathedrals). Enjoy some time on your own in the beautiful city of Avignon.

Happy 4th of July from Perpignan, France!

Sadly, we did leave Spain this morning  - but happily, we arrived in France. After traveling for a few hours through some beautiful countryside, we arrived at our destination Tautavel. This is the very, very old archeological dig site. I think they said about 400,000 years old and they have been excavating for 50 years. Only a small portion is revealed, so this is a very long project. The climb to the site was a bit daunting. Many of us made it, not only to see the cave, but also the amazing view below and only imagine what it looked like when the cave was home to some of the first humans.After exploring the cave a lot of the students swam in the small lake below. A very refreshing way to spend the 4th of July a long way from home.

I think I can report that all of the students have made some great new friends and seen some amazing things already. The leaders can hardly remember who is from Wisconsin and who is from California! On to Avignon!