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Baie de Somme travel diary
For this language stay diary, we’re going off the beaten track on a trip to the Baie de Somme. Our French teacher, Amelia, and her group of students from Malta were won over by the beautiful Baie and bring you their highlights. All the students reconnected with nature on this revitalising trip...
Marseille travel diary, a sing-song destination to learn French
Thian, a French teacher from Argentina, shares highlights from his Marseille language stay with his Buenos Aires students and Vacances Actives Linguistiques agency. This travel journal is packed with flavour and sing-song accents that made the group very happy as they took a deep dive into French...
The photo rally: a French learning challenge!
Planning a photo rally or photo challenge as part of a language stay is a great way to challenge French as a foreign language students! Tested and approved! Whether it’s in a Paris arrondissement, Nice city centre or Strasbourg, this activity has lots going for it in terms of encouraging oral...
Perfume workshop in Grasse: All about the art of French fragrance
The magical settings and heritage in Nice’s hinterland are simply scentsational. Grasse is the perfume world capital and a must-visit on our stays in Provence. France’s iconic perfume brands open their doors to visitors to dive into the fairytale world of fragrance and experience it for themselves...
Learn French at a holiday camp
Could the summer holidays be the best time to learn French? There’s nothing quite like a holiday camp in Paris or elsewhere in France to explore the country, have fun with people of the same age and perfect your French accent! Here’s why you should introduce your children to summer camps. That’s...
Auvers-sur-Oise: see Van Gogh’s last landscapes with your own eyes
70 days, 78 artworks: Vincent Van Gogh smashed every record going for artistic creativity, despite his last days being such a dark time in Auvers Sur Oise. The pretty Vexin village was undoubtedly a source of inspiration and drive for the artist, among many others. Dive into the idyllic...
Regionalisms and learning French as a foreign language?
The issue of regionalisms when learning French as a foreign language cropped up whilst looking at photos of our language students in Paris feasting on delicious French pastries: pains au chocolat… or are they chocolatines?We won’t go over the whole debate again, but every nation had their say and...
Mont Saint-Michel travel diary: Ava’s favourites.
On a route between Normandy and Breton Finistère, Ava, our American student and her school group from Philadelphia took advantage of a beautiful day's stopover at Mont Saint-Michel. The opportunity for Ava to devote a page of her travel diary in French as a foreign language to it. My travel diary...
14 July: how is the national day celebrated in France?
It's been more than 130 years since France made July 14 its national holiday! It is an opportunity for all the French people, and for foreign visitors to enjoy a large popular gathering around numerous official and festive events,... This holiday is one of the symbols of France, just like La...
Visiting the Braderie de Lille
Want to visit France while taking advantage of the country's major popular events? The Braderie de Lille is an opportunity not to be missed! Go to Lille for a trip to the North of France, to the largest flea market in Europe. For a weekend, Lille becomes a vast bazaar of flea markets and mussels...
A day in Fontainebleau and Barbizon
Vacances Actives Linguistiques proposes you to spend a “royal” day with a first stop at the medieval castle of Blandy-Les -Tours, then at the Château of Vaux le Vicomte (which served as a model for Versailles!), a lunch break in the centre of the Ville impériale© (imperial town) of Fontainebleau,...
Visit Giverny and Claude Monet’s house
“I am delighted, Giverny is a splendid countryside for me. “ Painting lovers, nature lovers, city dwellers in need of the countryside, we offer you a day trip to another world. A world apart in the Vexin Normand, 1h30 from Paris, to breathe the pastoral and refreshing air of Giverny, where the...