A post from the past entitled 94 and 47 popped up on my Facebook page yesterday. It was from 2013. At first, I couldn’t figure out what the title meant.
Then, looking at the smiling faces of La Blonde et La Brune, it dawned on me. The countdown until my 2014 trips to France! I posted the countdown until my 2017 trips on my classroom whiteboard at about 10:00 yesterday morning. Coincidence? Non! I don’t believe in them. It’s just where my mind goes at this time of year.
In French 8, we are studying food vocabulary. A couple of days ago, I posted the following activity for the kiddos in the class Evernote notebook:
C’est jeudi 1er décembre. Tu es maintenant à Paris. Tu as vraiment faim et il est midi et demi. Regarde ce plan de Paris et dis-moi où tu es. Tu es tout(e) seul(e) ou tu es avec un(e) ami(e)?
Qu’est-ce que tu viens de faire? Visiter le Louvre? Faire du shopping? Visiter le Panthéon? La Tour Eiffel? Trouve un café ou un restaurant près de cet endroit sur le site TripAdvisor. (Refine your search by scrolling down and choosing a neighborhood near where you are.)
Tu veux dépenser 35 euros ou moins pour un repas français traditionnel.
Réponds aux questions suivantes.
- Comment s’appelle le restaurant?
- Où est-ce? La rive droite ou la rive gauche? L’arrondissement? L’adresse?
- Il y a un site internet?
- Il y a un menu du jour?
- Choisis une entrée:
- Choisis un plat:
- Choisis un dessert:
- Et comme boisson?
- Quand tu as fini, tu as aimé le repas? Pourquoi ou pourquoi pas?
- C’est combien l’addition?
- Le service est compris?
- Write a short review for TripAdvisor (Look at their form, but do not write it on the site- write it below- en anglais:
I told them that they are helping me plan my January trip to Paris. I am always looking for new cafés and restaurants. It’s a short trip, only 6 days– oui, that’s a short trip in my book. But, hey, I will go for only a weekend if someone offers me the opportunity. Passport always ready, bags packed. Especially now that Delta has a direct flight from Raleigh-Durham to Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
I have already made plans for one night while I am there. I have signed up for a food tour of the Marais with La Cuisine Paris. From their website:
Join us on a Marais Soirée as we immerse ourselves in a typically French experience: l’apéro! Take a sip and a bite of French culture as we enjoy the sociable pre-dinner hours that are such an important part of Paris life. With a glass in your hand and a tempting array of all things delicious, you’ll soon see why the term apéro is a fitting one: derived from the Latin word aperire “to open,” we’ll be doing just that – opening up our appetites and starting an evening in Paris – santé!
Right up my alley, n’est-ce pas?
The January trip is mostly paid for by ACIS, the student travel company I use. They invite teachers who have tours booked with them to spend a long weekend in one of several spots. I always choose Paris during the MLK, Jr. weekend. I asked my middle school director for a couple of extra days. I plan activities for the March student trip. Really. I do. This, mes amis, is professional development for me. And therapy as well. I’ve booked a little hotel in the Quartier latin for two nights, near the RER-métro station that will take me directly back to the airport the morning I depart. The ACIS hotel will be out of my budget range, I fear, so I will move after three nights. I got the idea for this neighborhood from a friend who is going over for Christmas with her daughters. It will be their first Christmas without dad/husband who passed away this summer. She found an AirBnB apartment in a great neighborhood and then we discovered it is near an RER B-métro stop so they can easily take the train into the city from the airport. I sent them my Paris cheat sheet, as I like to call it. I’ve been compiling a list of my favorites. If you are planning a trip and are interested, just let me know and I will post it or email it directly to you.
So, for the next 42 days I will daydream and plan a few things that I want to do/see. ACIS will have activities planned for us. For the recap last year’s trip, read ACIS and Paris 2016- Exceptional. J’ai vraiment de la chance.
Mon amie Mme M sent me a link to this video yesterday. She knows that I am on a Spread the Kindness kick. I showed it to my classes. It is from francetvzoom. I can only get it to play in U.S. on Facebook…
As we prepare for the March trip, I always read David Sedaris’ story about the métro to my 8th graders in an attempt to make them realize that we need to learn to be less loud while roaming around France. And to make them laugh, of course. It’s from his book Me Talk Pretty One Day. I love that man. Listen to David tell it–
From my classroom, thanks to the grand-mère of one of last year’s students–
Bon appétit! Here’s to Paris daydreaming and planning trips! That’s what keeps me going some days! Happy Friday and Bonjour, Décembre!
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