Day 1

Day one is finally over! It was a great day - but man was it a long day.  We arrived at JFK at 3pm for our 6pm flight that didn’t leave until 7pm.  We arrived at Charles de Gaulle at 8am.  All ready to meet our tour guide Fabien. He was our tour guide from last year so it was great to see a familiar face.   Most students didn’t get more than 2 hours of sleep if they were lucky.  But we ready to take on Paris!  We took the bus to Paris - gray and a little rainy today - but not too terribly cold. We took the elevator up to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel tower - where Sarah, Danielle and I stopped - while the rest of the brave souls went up to the top of the tower. We then made our way to the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysees where we saw a little history - had some great lunch and then spent the afternoon  strolling along the Elysees.  By 7pm we were in the salle municipal parking lot waiting for the french families to arrive. !0 minutes before our arrival I heard the nervous chatter in the back of the bus “ oh - how do you say “....” again in French?  Don’t you use “...” when talking about food?  So I went back and gave a little pep talk and they were on their way. If we could have filmed the meeting - Morgano and I would have - it was just such a precious moment to see the students meet their french families. We made it through the first day!!  It will be interesting to hear the stories of the first night chez les français!  A demain tout le monde!
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