FRANCE | Exchange Program
10 DAYS / 8 NIGHTS
ITINERARY:
DAY 1: DEPART
- Fly through the night to Paris.
DAYS 2 & 3: WEEKEND WITH HOST FAMILIES
- Bienvenue en France! Your Forum Tour Manager will meet you at the airport to help you transfer to the French school.
- Upon arrival at your partner school, have a short orientation and meet your pen pals.
- You will find out that French is more than a textbook language. You will meet French people and have an excellent opportunity to practice your French in real-life situations during your stay in France.
- Spend the day with your exchange partner and their family.
DAY 4: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- Attend school with your pen pals. Activities and workshops may be organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with the French school).
- Enjoy the afternoon with your exchange partners and their families.
DAY 5: PARIS
- This morning, catch the RER train to Paris.
- Upon arrival, meet with your Forum Tour Manager.
- Visit Le Louvre, one of the world’s greatest museums, covering the finest European paintings, sculptures and art from the Middle Ages to the beginnings of Impressionism.
- Take some free time for lunch.
- Next, let’s go admire the view from the third floor of the Tour Eiffel on Le-Champs-de-Mars Square.
- After, board a glass-topped Bateau Mouche and enjoy a refreshing cruise.
- Next, head back to your partner school. Return home your families for dinner and night accommodation.
DAY 6: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- This morning, attend school with your pen pals. Activities and workshops may be organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with the French school).
- Enjoy the afternoon with your exchange partner and their families.
DAY 7: LOIRE VALLEY
- Today, meet your Forum Tour Manager at the school and travel to the Loire Valley.
- Visit the gothic Château d’Amboise, registered as a World Heritage site by UNESCO. Discover this emblematic monument and its landscaped gardens.
- Continue with a visit to the Backstage.
- Enjoy a special lunch at La Cave Aux Fouées (subject to availability).
- This afternoon, visit Château du Clos Luce, where Leonardo da Vinci lived for the last three years of his life.
- Return home to your families for dinner and night accommodation.
DAY 8: EXCHANGE PROGRAM
- This morning, attend school with your pen pals. Activities and workshops may be organized at the school during your visit (to be confirmed with the French school).
- Spend the afternoon with your exchange partners and their families.
DAY 9: SATURDAY WITH HOST FAMILIES
- Spend Saturday with your exchange partners and their families.
DAY 10: DEPART
- Today, say “au revoir” to your host family and transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home.
Bon voyage et à bientôt!
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