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This week I am leading another residential English camp. Myself and another teacher, we take 12 students to a lodge and have 8 hours of English instruction each day spread out over the day. This time we have adults from all over France whose companies have sent them to maintain and improve their English. The [...]

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Once again we explore another neighborhood in Bordeaux, Chartrons. Chartrons is located on the left bank of the Garonne River. The left bank boasts all the pedestrian streets, esplanades, shopping streets, squares, restaurants, nightlife, etc that you expect from a city. Chartrons is located at the north end of this hub of activity. [...]

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We have been to Bordeaux a few times and despite what everyone says about it, we really like it. We have friends who live there so we get the real tour and they have a 20 something year old daughter who can also tell us the good trendy places and neighborhoods to go. [...]

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St Jean de Luz is a small resort like village in the Southwest of France. It is located in the department Pyrenees Atlantique. It is on the Atlantic coast and in the Basque country. St Jean de Luz is located south of Biarritz but just before crossing the border into Spain.
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View Larger MapSan Sebastian is located in the Basque part of Spain on the Atlantic Coast across the border from Biarritz. It is Donostia in Basque and San Sebastian in Spanish and is officially known as Donostia-SanSebastian. It is a large city of about 200,000 people and 400,000 including the nearby suburbs. It is just [...]

Here are photos, images, and pictures of France in the last 2 weeks, we skipped last week due to rainy and unpleasant weather that made picture taking not fun. Many of these pictures include photos from Bayonne, Biarritz, San Sebastian, St Jean de Luz, and Bordeaux.

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