Difficult to return to immerse your head in the books after spending an unforgettable week in New York or even in Munich and yet… You have to! “It’s a chance to travel to another country,” comments Chloé Balecoidjo, grateful. This student in the general terminal within the Sainte-Anne school group flew to the city that never sleeps with nineteen classmates from first and final year as well as two chaperones.
“It’s enriching, we were able to speak with native Americans,” she appreciates. “We were also able to visit a lot of things,” intervenes Martin Petit, in the STMG terminal. Times Square, Rockefeller Center, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Statue of Liberty… Young people especially remember their tour of New York’s landmarks by night in a limousine or even the musical Aladdin that they discovered on Broadway.
“New York is another culture,” says Martin Petit. “Food is something! The portions are large, everything is greasy or too sweet. It is clearly not as qualitative as in France. Fortunately, the group didn’t just eat, the young French people also walked a lot, on average 15 kilometers a day! ” It was nice to discover New York so quiet », emphasize Carole Dell’Agnese and Karine Mayer, English teachers. “Usually there are five to six times more people, endless queues… The students had the chance to discover the city in this way thanks to the pandemic. »
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Another culture
Forty-nine pupils from the sixth to the final year and four guides from the school group also took advantage of a trip, admittedly a little closer to home, but still in Munich. “I had never been there before, I really enjoyed talking with the Germans during the free quarters”, testifies Pauline Gaillard. “My favorite is Neuschwanstein Castle, which inspired Sleeping Beauty. And then I’m not a football fan but visiting the Munich stadium was interesting. »
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The young girl would like to return there later, why not to discover the Dachau concentration camp. “It’s one of our regrets,” says German teacher Barbara Günter. “Not all the students were of the authorized age so we didn’t go. »
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