The Kimberley School Newsletter July 2014 | Page 7

Day Trip to the
Opal Coast, France:

Did you know
la différence?

pur beurre!

à la margarine!

Le vendredi 20 juin, 77 (soixante dix-sept) Year 7 students went to the Côte d’Opal en France.
It was a tiring but amazing experience for all! We met on the leisure centre car park at midnight on
Thursday night and came back at 11pm on Friday night. We crossed the Channel using the
Eurotunnel and visited a local market, a traditional bakery (with the wooden oven and workrooms located in the owner’ s house), a local chocolate factory with its own small team of expert
craftsmen producing the most delicious pralines and the famous shopping centre Cité d’Europe!

Le Voyage
The French trip journey
was exciting. Everyone was
having a great time, even
though people were asleep,
on games or chatting most
of the way. On the way back,
everyone was excited to come
home to get a good night’s
sleep in their comfy bed!
Sophie Holmes
The journey to France was
exhausting, because I didn’t
get a lot of sleep as I was too
busy playing on my phone, but
it was worth it! Our coach was
immaculate when we got on
there and most of the people
tried to keep it that way, but it
was very dirty at the end of the
trip, so we had to clean it!
The Eurotunnel was a nice
relief for my legs because I
was sat down all that time and
I was allowed to walk around
and chat to my friends who
were sat further down the bus.

nique was to be kind to the
customers, encouraging us to
buy something off their stall.
Overall, the market in France
was a very lovely place!
Faith Banks

When we got to the
market, we got into our group
of friends and looked around.
We had to get something for
lunch as well as souvenirs.
Most of us bought French
baguettes for €1! The market
sold almost everything and
we were there for a good hour
and a half. Altogether it was a
really good experience.
Rowan Smith

The trip back seemed shorter,
probably because I slept most
of the way due to a tiring and
busy day.
Ryan Wigg

Le Marché
The market in France was
beautiful! There was a
welcoming atmosphere! All
the stall owners were very
kind and they were reasonable
with their pricing. There was a
range of different products for
sale on the market. Some sold
clothes, others jewellery. On
top of that there were souvenir stalls, fruit and vegetable
stands, meat lorries and a
baker. Unlike in England, the
stall owners’ main selling tech-

La Boulangerie
Maillard

I enjoyed visiting the Boulangerie Maillard. I enjoyed
learning how different types
of bread are made and about
what ovens are used to cook
them. My favourite part of

the visit was making the
croissant and pain au chocolat
and eating them! Freshly made
croissants and baguettes taste
amazing!
Natasha Khosla

Les chocolats
de Beussent

milk and in white chocolate
there is cocoa butter. At the
end of the tour, we got to try
a chocolate which was
shaped as a love heart. The
chocolate h