Categories: Europe - Western, Andora, Belgium, Channel Islands, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican, Malta
Annecy, France, Europe, 27-29 Apr 2007
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Annecy is a very beautiful city by the lake and there is a river that runs through it which gives a feel of Venice. There are many nice restaurants. There was a marathon while we were there. We enjoyed walking along the art market that is open every Sunday morning. We also took a very pleasant boat ride around the lake. It was very sunny weekend.
This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.
Dijon, France, Europe, 22 Apr 2007
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We had a pretty relaxing time in Dijon visiting gardens and some pretty government buildings.
This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.
Bourgogne, France, Europe, 21 Apr 2007
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Bourgogne is of course famous for its wine. Here we visited some wine yard and tasted some wine, we had a very knowledgeable local guide to explain to us and show us round. Learn more about what it means to be Grand Cru wine.
This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.
Beaune, France, Europe, 20-21 Apr 2007
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Beaune is a small town with some historical site such as Hotel Dier Hospices de Beaune which was builr in the 15th century and was once used as a hospital. We had a very nice dinner at a local restaurant (rather expensive) but was well worth it, it is called Le Jardin des Remparts.
This is part of our 2-week French language trip in Lyon.
Irene's master graduation at Warwick University, UK
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After 12 months of hard work at Warwick University from Sept 2004 to Oct 2005. It's finally time for Irene to obtain her master degree. She chose the summer congregation to enjoy the excellent wheather in July in UK. Her parents also came and we also went to Jersey, Poland and Slovakia.
Jersey, Channel Islands, Europe
Click photo to view albumVery glad to show Irene my school in Jersey. It means a lot to me and she likes the place very much, not just the school but the island also. I'm very glad to see many of my teachers. It brings back a lot of fond memories.
Bonjour, bienvenue! Le Journal intime des Irene et Dominic
We wanted to experience life together as students and we have always wanted to learn to speak more languages. So when the opportunity arised at the end of 2005, we decided to seize it and planned a 3-month French Language Trip, 4 January to 4 April 2006. Our course was split into 2 locations in France, namely, Antibes (South of France) and Paris.
This site serves as the logbook of our study trip, it contains our dairy, photos of the schools and the places that we visited during our stay. Hope you enjoy our sharing!
In particular, I would like to share with you:
Ownership Vs Freedom
After thought
It was indeed a fantastic journey, we are able to make simple conversation in French and we find it very amusing. The experience was simply great and we would recommend everyone to take some time off at some point in their life, drop everything, forget about the usual busy life and learn a new language. You won't regret it! Life is too short!
We will continue to take classes to improve our still beginner level French....
