This day had a theme of workshops. In the forenoon, after breakfast, we were first shown all the different equippment for farming and mechanical practice, a cowshed with little calves, henhouse, and many more. Some of us even got to drive a real tractor, or practice driving it on a…
Today we went to a wine cellar, on a castle and on a cruise. The most interesting part was the castle visit. The castle was stunning from the outside, but then we went in and it was really odd. We went upstairs and there were stuffed animals looking away from…
Today we were exploring the school. I drove the tractor and it was way more simple than i thought. Then we took a look a look at the cows and chickens. The robot that milked the cows was surprisingly smart. The cow just goes in to eat, and it automatically…
Today we went to Normandy. The bus ride took 2 hours, but we played UNO on the way, so it was okay. The coast was astonishing and so was the architecture. Then we went to museum about the World War 2.
 We were in Le Mans yesterday. It is a really nice city with beautiful old buildings. My favorite part of the trip was visit of the cathedral, which had stunning colorful windows, that colored the light from outside. On the windows there were pictures from bible. So although im…
On Tuesday we went to a trip to Normandy coast. After quite long travel we arrived to Arromanches. There we looked to see and went to nice trip with our teacher. Afternoon we went to museum of landing of « allies » during WW2. We also visited German bunkers. It was very…
On Wednesday we spent time with French students in their school. We visited school premises and did some sports activities with them. In the evening we went to bowling club and we tasted French « specialty » – scalloped potatoes. I was not very good at bowling but I enjoyed it. Petr
We were in Saumur, with other students first thing first, we were in winery, where I bought and tried grape juice, after that we were going to the castle and then we took a ride on a boat, it was really exciting. Frantik
MorningTeachers showed us their school (machines, tractors, simulators, classes…) and the whole school ground (cowshed…). The most interesting for me was their talk about the future of farming and that if their students want to succeed they also need economic lessons and be assertive.AfternoonWe made two groups. The first one…
On Thursday we visited the Ackerman viticulture and we learnt about making a wine. Then we visited a chateau in Saumur, which we liked a lot. We also were on a boat and discovered more of Saumur. -N