On Tuesday, July 16, we left Saumur at 8 am after a warm and tearful goodbye. The families had packed their last picnic for the students and we were off. En route to Paris, we had two pitstops. One at Chartres, to see the magnificent Cathedral of Chartres with it's gothic architecture and expansive stained glass windows. After the visit, we walked down to a charming little park and we had our picnic lunch. Then we headed to the Versailles Palace. It was very crowded here but thanks to our group reservation, we got in much faster than the others. We got a little surprise there because we bumped in to the IUHPFL Saint-Brieuc group and students who knew each other got to finally meet after 5 weeks! There was much excitement in the air!
Once in, the students got some time on their own to explore the palace. At around 5 pm, we headed to our hotel in Paris. Some rooms were shared by two students and others by three. After a very short rest, we left our hotel and headed out to our lovely boat ride on the river Seine. We got to see many sights of Paris like the Orsay museum, the Notre Dame Cathedral, and we also got to see the Eiffel tower. After the boat ride, we headed back to our rooms, completely exhausted but also, really happy because we were finally in Paris!
Here are all the photos from our day 1. Enjoy!
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