Bonjour !  I am an American, French level of B1/B2.  I just spent an awesome week with Clarisse and family on the beautiful Île de Ré !

I flew into CGD on a Monday and took the TGV ( right from the airport )  to the La Rochelle train station where she was waiting for me.  It took about a 1/2 hour to drive to the apartment complex where I stayed for the week in the studio.  In the studio, we had breakfast each day, then a few hours of lessons, and then we either went out to lunch or eent to see one of the sights.  The large lighthouse was pretty neat and I climbed up to the top.  Excellent view of the island and well worth it.  Make sure you order the oysters when you go out to lunch…best I have ever had!  In the afternoons I was generally free to take a nap and walk around the town.  Saint Martin is a cool little town, very walkable.  As you might have read, this town was built inside the large fort that dates from 1700 or so.  Very pretty to walk around and see the bay. I took a promenade a few times per day, it helped keep the wine off :-).  For dinner I generally was lazy and went to the local carefour market and bought some food to cook in the studio.  But there are a few restaurants open even in late November it you wanted to do that.  I had two dinners with Clarisse and family..the last night was really special as we had une raclette and after dinner Claude and I played guitars and drank cognac…really memorable.

Clarisse is very flexible to whatever style of learning you want or need.  In my case, I liked standing all of the time apart from here while I practiced phrases, grammar, expressions out loud.  Kinda like a real world working session.  While I am not a big fan of homework, I did the little she gave to me….but she can give you tons more if you want. 

All in all a really super experience and I would highly recommend y’all check our Clarisse and the Île de Ré !