Seconde students visiting Somme, North of France

      We left Martinique, Fort-deFrance Airport Aimé Césaire, yesterday at 8:30 pm, for The town of Friville-Escarbotin, in Picardie. We got there the following day at 7:30 pm. 

      Our trip project is a Comenius one called 'L'Europe se jette à l'eau'. Mrs De Chavigny is the teacher in charge. She teaches history and geography. The other countries concerned by the project are Poland, Rumania, Spain (Canaries), Greece. 

 One of us will regularly report about the visit and activities of the day.

Béatrice, the leader of this Comenius project, in Amiens

DAY 1 report by Guy M., 2nd 3

I woke up at 7 in the morning. The teachers, the other pupils and I went to have breakfast, which was very good.
After breakfast, we took the bus with students from various countries associated with the project: Greece, Roumania, Poland, Canary islands in Spain. 

We went to Vimeu high school in Friville-Escarbotin, a town in the department of Somme, North of France. We visited the different parts of the school, then we paid a visit to the premisses of the DELABIE Company which is a manufacture of taps selling to schools, hospitals, airports all over the world including Dubaï or Hong-kong. 

There was a presentation of the company by the managing Director, followed up by a very good visit with his son as a guide.
Then we went back to the high school to have lunch. At three o'clock in the afternoon, we  had to practice special activities of integration in groups. 

Finally, we took the bus at 6:30 pm to return to the hotel.

The French-style garden of the tap factory showroom.

DAY 2 report by Anaïs B., 1ère ES

Hello everybody!

Today, we have spent a very nice day and discovered a lot of things never seen in Martinique.

We went rowing on the River Somme in canoes with students from Greece. During this day-trip, we had seen seals and  a wave called 'breaker' coming just before the high tide.

We had lunch in a restaurant on the river bank, then we went to participate in a rally in the old town with groups composed of the students of each country.

The teachers from all over Europe.

At high tide, the water reaches the top steps.

DAY 3 by Yann E., 2nde 1

We visited the 'Château d'Eu': it's beautifully decorated and in the garden 'à la française', there are a lot of different rose-trees I liked.Then we visited a gothic cathedral from the 13th century just opposite the castle of Eu. At 12:00 am, we took the funicular cabin to get to the restaurant at the top of the white cliffs in the town called Le Tréport. We made a lot of photos. I didn't like the meal : shrimps then spaghetti Bolognese. 

In the afternoon, we had a swim at the pool with a great champion from Abbeville, a town next to Friville-Escarbotin : Jérémy Stravius who was a pupil at Vimeu high School. We were impressed to see how fast he could swim.

Later, we went back to his school where the teachers who received the Comenius project had organised the inauguration of a new Lecture Hall named after this great champion. 

The 27-year-old mayor of the town of Friville was present the whole afternoon. He was elected when he was 20.We gave him a bottle of old rum brought from Martinique and we received a tourist guide of Picardie which will soon be attached to the region of Nord-Pas de Calais. 

After several speeches and exchange of gifts, we had a drink and toasts, then we went to change in the hotel in order to have dinner and go dancing at the Casino in Cayeux-Sur-Mer.

Chateau d'Eu and its gardens

Olympic Champion Jeremy Stravius

DAY 4 by Elodie T.,2nd 1

We visited The SNSN (Société National de Sauvetage en Mer) of Le Crotoy. A CROSS* rescuer of Gris-nez, spoke about his job which is a water job. Subsequently, we discovered the reproduction of the sailboat : Benoit Champy and a little museum of the sea. 

At noon, we ate in a small restaurant in the city and we took the train to meet a shrimper who explained us his job and the way to catch shrimps in a special net. 

To finish, divided in 4 teams, we had to make a drawing referring to water in the sand. We were allowed to take everything around us except plants.
And so, we're had the power to represent our country in the drawing. 

This experiment was very interesting !

*CROSS : Centre  Régional d'Opérations de Surveillance et de Sauvetage.

Listening with attention at SNSM in Le Crotoy

Day 5 has never been forwarded by its responsible.

So you'll see the photos only.

We spent a day visiting and shopping in the town of Amiens.

 A lovely large park in Amiens where we had a picnic

Back to the High school, in Friville

In the lecture room for a gift exchange the last day

 

A sculpture

Day 6 by Sanaelle B., 2nd 4

Saturday, April 25th 2015

The trip is over. 
We traveled all day to go back home. We had to go to Paris to return to Martinique.
We had taken the train in Amiens to Paris, then the subway in Gare du Nord for The Place Of Italy (Place d'Italie) and from there to Villejuif.
Finally, we took the tramway to arrive at our hotel.

From this hotel at night we went to a great mall. We were excited because we went to the shopping center at 8:00 pm, then we went back to the hotel to sleep.