Équipe Brest 2019: Week 2

This week was not terribly exciting, just the routine of classes, lunches and activities – until it wasn’t like that.

Our bowling night has been postponed until July 11 because this year, the bowling alley has decided that they can’t accept groups during weekends. They gave us the choice between July 3 and July 11. Next week is going to be crazy with events, so we went with July 11.

For one of our sports activities this week, we went to the beach. The kids loved it, but many of them asked me not to take pictures of them. I think they are shy of their beach attire. But I still got some fun shots.

Alisa and Sophia building a sandcastle

Miranda and Chloé are beach buds!

Nathan is very beach pro-active

Marlene has the right idea: summer sun and cool ocean waters.

We’ve had two birthdays while we have been here. Madeleine celebrated her 17^th birthday on June 21 and Chloe celebrated her 17^th on June 26^th (even though we celebrated on the 27th.)

And Friday happened. For culture class, I took each group to Les halles Saint Martin. This is a building that houses a food market (like the City Market in Indy) and a flea market all around the outside. It really was a cultural moment for them, and they seemed to really enjoy it.

Duncan chooses a crêpe

Pain au chocolat anyone?

Miranda thinks that pain au chocolat will do just fine.

So far, I only have pictures of Emily eating.

Does the crêpe please Sophia? Why yes, it does.

Why are Duncan and Nathan so interested in greeting cards?

Marlene is dangerous at a flea market.

And of course, Aaron feels that Chinese food
is just right at 10:30 in the morning.

Madeleine and Olivia check out the children's books.

Erica went for the far Breton, a kind of cake.

Zoe stands by the almond croissant
choice.

McKenna's new favorite people are the crêpe makers.

Tara selects fresh raspberries.

The children's books continue to draw attention.

Jack's classroom name is Olivier.
I'm not sure he realizes that
this is a romance novel.

The second hand books and magazines attract the attention of Maria
and Erica.

Shivani and McKenna shop for bargains.

One more picture before it's back to class.

Late Friday afternoon, Noëmie took a group of students (19 or our 23) to see Toy Story 4 at the Cinéma Liberté. The film was of course in French. It was great practice for listening comprehension.

Friday evening Noëmie hosted a smaller group to watch the France vs. US Women’s World Cup quarter finals match. The students kind of had mixed emotions when the US won. We’re in France after all. Had the French won, there would have been street celebrations long into the night.

Madeleine and Tara sport "les traces" of the French flag.

Saturday, I lead our annual bicycle tour of Brest. This year, eleven signed up for the six available bicycles, so we went in three groups: morning, noon and afternoon. Everyone enjoyed the tour, while discovering just how hilly Brest really is. Once or twice a few students had to walk their bikes up a hill. But I’m not saying who or how often.