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Introduction ** This is a wiki all about our trip to Normandy, France. The trip takes place later this year. Your task is to ADD your own writing about the places we will visit and the food we will eat, IMPROVE what has already been written, create your own multimedia to upload and link to this page.

__Places we will Visit__
Our journey begins on Montpelier Avenue in Ealing. Our coach takes us left onto Castlebar Road, which happens to be an elephant grave yard from the time of the Romans, though not many people know that. Can you add information about the places we will visit during our trip?


 * 1) [|St Benedicts Junior School]
 * 2) [|Coach]
 * 3) Portsmouth
 * 4) Ferry
 * 5) Caen

__Le Clos de l'Ancien Pressoir__ Situated between Bayeux and Port en Bessin, this new establishment created by Stella Powling and Bob Sulatycki provide French language courses and can also accept students groups (8 to 18 years) on accommodation only. There are 12 four bedded rooms and separate accommodation for teachers over 2 storeys. There are also 2 classrooms and a computer room and courses designed to be fun and educational.




 * 1) Port-en-Bessin
 * 2) Mont St Michel is a big church on an island which is very small its population is 41. Mont st michael is in the lower normandy. It is really big and is one of the biggest abbeys in the world.[[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MSM_sunset_02.JPG/800px-MSM_sunset_02.JPG width="450" height="247" caption="File:MSM sunset 02.JPG" link="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/MSM_sunset_02.JPG"]]
 * 3) Normandy Caramels have the best caramels and toffees in the world
 * 4) Bauyeux
 * 5) Bauyeux Cathedral
 * 6) Baeyeux Tapesptry is over 70 metres long about Williams story of the Battle of Hastings which was a bloodthirsty battle .The Bayeux Tapestry is inside the Bayeux museum where there is also a shop and a cinema. The Bayeux Tapestry isnt actually a tapestry but an embroiderey.
 * 7) Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the main landing points of the Allied invasion of German-occupied in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II. The beach is located on the coast of Normandy. On D-D day, the untested 29 Infantry Division, joined by nine companies of the US Army Rangers redirected from Pointe Du Hoc were to attack the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry Division was given the eastern half. The initial assault waves, consisting of tanks, infantry and combat engineer forces, were carefully planned to reduce the coastal defenses and allow the larger ships of the follow-up waves to land.
 * 8) Sainte-Mere-Eglise
 * 9) Arromaches
 * 10) Musee de Debarquement
 * 11) Longues
 * 12) Calais
 * 13) Train
 * 14) Folkstone
 * 15) Home

**__Food we will Eat__**
Like the scouts and brownies, I would sugest that there is good sense in being prepared. Try to find out more about the following French delicacies.


 * Baguettes with butter and jam etc.
 * [|Croussants]
 * [|Pain au Chocolat]
 * Cuisses de grenouilles
 * Les escargots
 * [|Le Fromage]
 * Saucisson
 * Les Crêpes
 * sandwiches
 * toffee
 * snails

__"le Foray Français de Figgy"!__
Our fearless leader is of course the inimitable Mrs Stimpfig, who will once more be leading the Norman invasion. Read about last year's trip in our school newsletter, [|Keeping in touch...] You can see a video clip of last year's trip [|here]. You will //need// to be logged in to Bernard first!.