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LODGING

Students will live with middle-class families carefully selected for their friendliness, patience, and support of foreign students.

In the homes, breakfast usually includes bread or cereal and coffee (café au lait).   Traditional French and Provençal food (lots of vegetables including the ubiquitous tomato with olive oil) will be served for dinner.   Lunches (on your own) can be easily purchased in small local cafés or at sandwich stands for a small cost.  Do not leave without trying the salade niçoise, pissaladière (onion pizza), and ratatouille (zucchini and tomato stew).

Disruptive students may be suspended or expelled from the program. Students will be given one warning before this occurs.  If a student is suspended or expelled for any reason, there will be no credit or refund.

Out of respect for the host families and in keeping with the linguistic goals of this trip, a midnight curfew is imposed during weekdays, starting with Sunday night. Remember that you are first and foremost a guest in your host families’ homes.  Any violation may affect the course grade.

During your free time, you’ll be able to explore France either individually or (preferably) in small groups or simply enjoy the company of your French family. Nice abound in museums, all types of shopping, public gardens, zoos, etc. France-Langue organizes each week several outings with a teacher as your guide to a local site in Nice or its vicinities. You just pay your lunch and your travel fare at a small cost. Other possibilities for a day, or sometimes afternoon, excursion include visits to nearby resorts such as Cannes (Film Festival runs May 12-23), Antibes (Picasso), Cagnes (Renoir), Monaco (Grand Prix car race May 20-23), Villefranche-sur-Mer (Cocteau), and picturesque villages of Provence perched on the mountain, such as the not-to-be-missed Eze and Saint-Paul de Vence (Picasso, Léger, Braque, etc.). For a weekend excursion, go to Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Lyon, or Italy. For more check out this link http://www.nicetourisme.com

Students are responsible for bringing with them a valid passport. If you do not have a passport already, please contact your local post office for details about how to obtain one. Be sure to take care of this as soon as possible (before March 1). Depending on the number of applications submitted, passports can take several weeks or longer to arrive. A copy of the first page of the passport has to be turned in to Dr. Chadeyras by April 8.

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