We started the day with a semi-official reception at Lycee Jean Racine (sorry, no accents available on my mini computer!) --- hot chocolate, orange juice, and pain au chocolat. The students got to know each other and all the girls reported that they were comfortable with their host families. The school's assistant director then took us (les Amercains) on a tour of the building inside and out, then the girls got to sit in on a class for an hour. Then we all met up in the school's media center where the girls had to work with their French partners to complete a questionnaire about a panel-exhibit on the First World War (in French, of course). Then, we all went our separate ways. Some girls got to go bowling, but now we would like each of the girls to post a message about what they did on Saturday afternoon.
Madame ate lunch in Amiens with her host, the Latin teacher Laure-Helene and the English teacher Maud. We ate at a beautiful restaurant called "Le Vert Galant" that serves regional specialties. Madame ate la ficelle picarde, la salade des rieux, and (of course!) la creme brulee. Then we went on a walking tour of Amiens: Les hortillonnages, the cathedral, the rues pietonnes, a great bookstore, and the train station. Once we got back to Montdidier, we ate a simple dinner on the back porch with some of Madame's favorite cheeses.
