Yesterday we spent our first real day at Daniélou. We all attended a first period English class with the eighth graders. The teacher arranged a special activity where the Foxcroft girls interviewed the French girls and then vice versa. At the end, all the girls had the opportunity to say what they found different or unexpected about the other country. The answers varied from, "They like Taylor Swift also!" to "Their school days are much longer than ours, spanning from 8:30 to 5 pm!"
We left the English class and the girls met up with their corrès to attend classes for the rest of the morning.
After spending a half day at Daniélou, we took the bus to the RER station and then hiked up to Montmartre. From the hill, we had a beautiful view of the city, however we earned that view! To get up to Sacré Coeur requires climbing up 130 meters! We then walked around and shopped in the surrounding village of Montmartre where a few girls had their portraits drawn at the famous Place du Tertre. Many painters and artists onced lived there; we saw the studio of Pablo Picasso.
Our day finished with a fabulous dinner at a crêperie and the musical Les Misérables. The show was incredible! Our French parents picked us up from the show in Paris and drove us home. On the drive, we all got to see the beautiful sites of Paris at night!
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