Day 4

After the students had eaten dinner with their respective host families yesterday evening we all gathered at a local arcade for bowling, karaoke, go cart and air hockey between 8 and 10PM.

On Thursday morning the students and teachers from the College, Bergskolan and Örnässkolan were devided in to two separate groups. The teachers and students from Bergskolan together with their French correspondents started the morning with a bicycle ride from the College in Ars-Sur Moselle along the beautiful banks of the Moselle river in to the outskirts of Metz. During the ride we saw many historical sites, among others remnants of a Roman aqueduct built in the second century.

When we arrived in Metz we rested in a park and ate a sack lunch. After lunch we visited the Museum de Pompadou and viewed several excellent modern art exhibitions.

After the museum we were taken on a long walking tour of down town Metz stopping to see many landmarks and historical interests such as the train station and the cathedral.

At the conclusion of the walking tour the students had some free time to explore the city center on their own before it was time to gather and ride the bus back to the College.

The students and teachers from Örnässkolan did the same things as Bergskolan but in reverse order. They rode the bus in to Metz in the morning and biked back to the College in the afternoon.

In the evening the students had the opportunity to go shopping with their French correspondents at a large mall in Ars-Sur Moselle called Waves.