Tag: Haute Savoie
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An Exchange to Remember!
Read more: An Exchange to Remember!Waiting for your kids to come home from an overseas trip is nerve wracking. Although you know an exchange experience is a great for them – the fact they are over 7000 km away makes it tough. I guess this is something we will have to get used to. We couldn’t wait for Zoe and…
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Fantastic French Food!
Read more: Fantastic French Food!Food, glorious food! In France, there is a huge focus on food and Zoe and I had the chance to try many delicious French dishes while on our exchange. We enjoyed crepes, quiche lorraine, tartiflette, and crème brûlée, to name a few. For me, the most interesting foods that we ate were flammekuche and choucroute.…
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Our French Speaking Experience
Read more: Our French Speaking ExperienceHave you ever gone to a foreign country where the primary language is not your own and tried to live like a local? This is exactly what Mikhaila and I did as part of our language exchange, and it is not as easy as you might think. The idea behind our exchange was so…
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Another Birthday Abroad!
Read more: Another Birthday Abroad!Happy birthday to me! I’ve had the opportunity to celebrate my past birthdays in different countries all over the world, including Ireland, Peru, and Costa Rica. This year I had the incredible experience of celebrating my 16th birthday in France while on an exchange. My special day started with birthday wishes from my family…
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Don’t You Want To Sail Away…
Read more: Don’t You Want To Sail Away…Our first week of our French exchange was so much fun! From Monday to Friday, Mikhaila, Zoe, Juline, Clelia, and I were in a rowing and sailing summer camp in Annecy Lake, right up the street from Jacques and Virginie’s house. In the morning we learned how to row, and in the afternoon we sailed catamarans. It…