Paris 2012

Hi Everyone
I am asking to make a change to another blog tool named WordPress. This tool is available and accesible across many platforms , making it easier to use. This is the link to the page we have set up on that program.

www.6daysinparis.wordpress.com

We will begin to add more and more details there, documenting minutes to our meetings ( I am encouraging Emily to be the secretary for the student meetings), providing some great tools for you as parents to access, reminders to the things needed and simply as a portal of communication while our children are there.

Feel free to comment on the posts, adding any information that you have found useful and want to share. Consider this as an online scrapbook to this incredible experience.

Thanks again.
Donna

Introduction of additional female chaperone:
Amy Cundari

Dress Code

Ensure your shoulders are covered
Dress code similar to those at Joseph Brant

Luggage

Suggested a 18 to 20 inch max, space in the hotels are very limited
EF tours will be providing a back pack as their carry on
Suggested attaching something that identifies it, tying it several times
Requested that the students have a money belt

Passports

Students will have the passports only at the times needed (boarding).
Mme will carry them while in Paris, securing them at the hotel
Requested a colour photo copy of passport given asap

Money

Have money converted prior to departure
Convert to Euros
Consider min amount of 10€ per day for lunch and money for souvenirs
In the past they haven't had safes in the room, in the past students have carried it with them in money belts

Discussion after the meeting included the use of a wallet for the day's budget of Euros; keeping the rest in the money belt safely tucked under their clothing. This way they don't spend or loose their money.

Clothing (in luggage)

2pts of pants, one of which you will be wearing
2 pairs of shorts (Bermuda length)
Pyjamas
Light jacket or wind breaker
1 warm sweater
Pair of comfortable and familiar running shoes, there will be a lot of walking
Pair of sandals
6 pairs of socks
Hat (optional)

Clothing (in carry on)

essentials that could allow for a spare day if separated from luggage for any reason

Other items to consider in carry on:

Camera
Any medication, prescription meds need to have appropriate labels
Tylenol, Advil, or Gravol or travel mess needed to travel

Flight
Air Transat, from terminal 3

Evening flight, would like to meet at airport by 3 pm, flight leaves at 6:30
Car pools to be arranged especially for parents unable to
Pack a few snacks in the carry on for the whole trip, the airport is expensive.
Will be getting a meal on the flight; it won't be served till 10 or so

Car Pooling
Informal conversation will be started with students, formalized at the last meeting prior to leaving

Journal

Will be given a journal to document daily
2 hours of homework each night to document day in their journals

Telephone Tree

Will be established by the end of the meeting tonight
Mr. Peters discussed and shared

Agenda

Will be going to the Catacombs with the students that want, €2 or 3 per child
There will be an opportunity for students who don't want to go to stay above
Medival Castle is a possible outside trip
Train ride to Chartres €20
Would see the country side
Open to other tourist sites. Please leave your suggestions, Mme and Mr. Peters will investigate
Will take the class to computer lab to take a virtual tour and consider other sites to see

Tour Company

Will be having a tour guide the entire time
No dinner available for the extra day added to tour, they are considering a couple of ideas: restaurant, market, picnic
Will be having a tour bus for days 2 and 3, will be walking or taking the subway. The tour guide will give out the subway tokens as needed, no extra cost while on the tour. One exception is the last day, the one added to the tour, that will depend on the events that are scheduled

Next mtg May 31