Bon Voyage!

Faye boarded the bus this morning at around 6.30 for the start of her trip to France.    Her itinerary is:

Today - 7th March
Boarding 11.50am Folkestone to Calais Euro Tunnel (crossing takes about 45 minutes)
After lunch - stop off at Nausicaa, the French National Sea Life Centre.
Arrivaal at Château around 6pm

Château De Chantereine

Kingswood - Château De Chantereine, Rue de Chantereine, 76910 Cruiel-sur-Mer, France 
Here is the website
 
Tour of the site, allocation of rooms.
Dinner
8.30 to 9.30pm - mini Olympics organised by the Kingswood staff.

Tuesday - 8th March 
Morning visit to Dieppe - stop off at a Creperie

Dieppe

Packed lunch
Visit Hypermarket
Carousel of climbing, archery and fencing.
Dinner
8.30 to 9.30pm Mystery trail organised by the Kingswood staff.

Wednesday - 9th March
Guided tour of Rouen, the capial of Normandy, to learn about the history and culture that shaped the city.

Rouen

Packed lunch
French games back at the Château
Dinner 
8.30 to 9.30pm Scrapheap challenge organised by the Kingswood staff.

Thursday - 10th March
Guided tour of the WW1 Somme battlefields, including the Albert Trenches museum, Mansel Copse, Lochnagar Crater, La Boiselle, the impressive Thiepval monument and Beaumont Hamel.

Lochnagar Crater

Packed lunch
Dinner
8.30 to 9.30pm Disco supervised by school staff and run by the Kingswood staff.

Friday  - 11th March
A visit to the Chocolaterie in Beussant

Packed lunch
Journey home, taking the 1.50pm shuttle from Calais.

Faye has taken a camera with her, so she will be taking her own pictures.  I'm sure she is going to have a fantastic time in France!

This morning we woke up to snow - although it seems to have all gone to water now - it was still snowing when I took Ewan to school:

Pics taken with my old Finepix that I keep in my car - can't believe it still works!