Day 5
Mr Britten’s least favourite day (Shopping Day)
After the fun of French night and snail eating, most of the children were late getting up this morning. They did, however, all manage to crawl into breakfast at 8.15am and consume the usual mix of breakfast items.
Today has been spent away from the Chateau. The morning was spent at Dinan Market followed by a trip to France’s number 2 tourist attraction – Mont Saint Michel.
The children were required to spend time at the market finding out the price of various items and recording the names of certain shops. There was also a quiz sheet to fill in. After that, the spending frenzy began. A wide variety of high quality souvenirs were purchased for various family members and I’m sure they will all take pride of place either at home, in your ears, your handbags or around your wrists. All was going well until Faith discovered a sweet stall and all altruistic feelings went out of the window. The stall owner knew Christmas had come early and grasped the opportunity with both hands. Mrs Birdi was even given a complementary bag of sweets. Isobel H declared she was finally at home and looked quite the gall about town complete with crepe and Coca-Cola.
After what seemed like an eternity (45 minutes), the children retired from the market for lunch. Ham, tuna, cheese or egg baguette with crisps, biscuits and a drink.
The afternoon was spent at Mont Saint Michel. It is a significant historical site and is an impressive site. Unfortunately, it is also jammed packed with shops. It did, however, give the children the opportunity to buy a postcard and a stamp from the post office. The post office in France in very similar to the post office in England – slow. One harassed member of staff with a line of 31 children all desperate to ask for une timbre and hand over 77c.
On the way back to the Chateau, we called in at a supermarket. It gave the children the chance to spend some more Euros on some of the food they have been missing. With bags packed of various fruits, vegetables and whole grain cereal, we returned to the Chateau for dinner, exhausted and with lighter wallets/purses.
This evening we are promised an evening of sport including basketball, volleyball and aeroball.
