The first few days.....

bonjour bonjour bonjour!!!!! c'est monica. we have been very busy so far, but having great fun and many incredible opportunities. our first day we had lunch in normandy with the rc club, le havre de estuaire, and the gse coordinator, the district governory of 1645, and of course our governor, sue smallwood. after that we went with our first host families to relax and recover from jet lag. we've had a tour of the port of le havre, the largest container port in france, we met with folks from the chamber of commerce, and we toured a company that deals in coffee trade ( and tasted 5 different types of coffee with a spoon and slurping.....jane took pictures!!!!!). we went on a boat ride on the river seine and went under (and before drove over) the new bridge of normandy, then walked around the small and colorful village of herfluer (pictures to come). we have eaten many long, nice meals, including at le chez de dominique, the team leader of the inbound team that stayed in chicago. and last but especially not least, we got to see the first speaking engagement of the new president--nicholas sarkozy. when the crowd chanted "nicholas" our nick was very happy :) what an amazing opportunity!!!!! today was our first professional day, and i will have the others report on their experiences. as i said, pictures and more comments to come, from myself and the rest of the team. a bientot!