Monday, our last day at the Collège Saint Michel

After following first period classes, we went to the Liffré town hall where we were welcomed by Daniel's host mother, Me. Borde. We viewed an exhibit of paintings and sculptures by two local artists, and learned about the role of the mayor and the municipal council, before being treated to an awesome goodie bag.

After the morning recess, we joined the entire 8th grade on a walking field trip to the Liffré cinéma to see an interesting documentary about the Famous German choreographer, Piña Bausch, working with a young group to produce a modern dance performance. 

Back at school, students and teachers alike,  enjoyed our last lunch from chef Olivier.

The students' lunch was comprised of a choice of appetizers (including shredded beet salad), and a main course of chicken wings - not your usual  chicken wings, but baked in a delicious sauce and accompanied by either wax beans sautéd in butter or a purée of carrots. Ms. Schneider and I are going to lobby Ms. Bazer for similar lunches for our students at LLA, and for a teachers' lunch room with lunches like these:

This is just the appetizer! Assiette de la mer, avec terrine de poisson blanc, terrine de saumon (two different fish pâtés) & saumon cru (marinated raw salmon). The main course was braised cow's cheek, puréed carrots and a sautéed mix of peas, snap peas and asparagus.....

...followed, of course, by a cheese platter, featuring six different cheeses including goat cheese and Roquefort, the most famous of the many French blue cheeses, made from raw ewe's milk.

The gentleman in the background is the principal, Monsieur Floch. 

HOW DO THEY EAT ALL OF THIS AND NOT GET FAT?????? A good discussion topic for class. 

After lunch and recess (with a rousing "Joyeux anniversaire" sung for Isabel), we spent the rest of the afternoon doing a homework check, and then an awesome craft activity - Iris Paper Folding. We made greeting cards for the holidays. 

Un très grand merci to Madame Sylvie for teaching us how to do Iris Paper Folding and providing all the materials to make these lovely cards.

(And yes.....on our last day, I finally learned how to do accents on the iPad - I will not be adding accents to the previous posts - désolée!)