After
an early wake up call, we took a rather long coach journey to a local
boulangerie. At arrival we split in smaller groups to venture inside the
fascinating day of a baker. We learnt how to bake bread in an efficient way and
how pastries can be made. The bakers, who were working from 03:00 in the
morning yet were still enthusiastic in baking, gave us a small glimpse of what
they do in a day in a short and compressed presentation. Even though my height
played an important role of making my unable to see some of the processes, what
I did see was great!
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Next, we headed to the Centre Pompidou. We each grabbed a small lunch (mine
consisting mainly of cherries) at the market and then began our long walk to
the modernly designed arts centre. As we came into view of the of the Centre
Pompidou, we glanced endlessly at the magnificent design of the building.
Having seen the interior of a building be put exterior to the building worked
well and was aesthetically pleasing. As a group we hurried up the slow paced
escalators. All the different arts were intricately designed yet different. My
favourite had to be the block of needles, were each needle was placed to align
with the next, as it was a great optical illusion. I had grown a headache after
staring at the needles for so long.
Dinner was next and we went to a restaurant called "Flunch", which had confused us all. The food was good and Jayesh took great advantage over the fact we had unlimited access to the fries.
To conclude our day we went to bowling. It was an amazing way to finish our day. Many of us scored strikes and with the aid of the railings, I did too! It was a splendid day!
By Amir
Rafati-Fard
PS - Mr Charlwood is really getting to grips with the
French language. Many Parisians actually think he is a local! Mange tout! (Mr Charlwood wrote that!)
