Sinead O'Callaghan - Student

"I was recently in Nice studying. It was the best three weeks of the year so far!!! I made friends with so many people. They were from so many different countries.The best thing was that in making friends with some they couldn't speak English so we had to speak French even more. The classes were brilliant I have learnt so much from the course and would definately advise anyone to do the 'cours intensif', as in this class we only really concentrated on oral work and then in the 'standard cours' it was mainly written work which was a great balance. Also in doing this our teachers who were all lovely encouraged us to speak French and if we pronounced the words wrong they would persist until we got the words and prononcation right. The family I stayed with was brilliant they was so nice. Every night we had dinner together and would only talk French and this again improved my French. The food is very different from Irish food but after the first few days I got used to it and the family were very considerate that I did not like cheese so they would make things with cheese and leave a bit cheese free for me!!! But they cooked so much local food that I really liked it by the end of the three weeks. I think that the fact I stayed in a French family but with another student that attended the same language school as me was the best idea as on the first day i was not alone and we became really good friends. The trips out were brilliant. Our tour guide Eric was the best! We all loved him he made everything so fun. You could of sworn that he was our age as this was the way he acted and on one of our excursions to Cannes he told us he was 36 not one of us believed him! Every Saturday we went to another town for example Cannes and Monaco. We also went on a tour of Vieux Nice and we went bowling and one day Eric even brought us shopping as there was only three girls in the junior progamme. Then every week we would watch a movie anything we wanted to from Harry Potter to a French Movie! The excursions were so diverse and we were able to suggest things that we wanted to do and Eric would consider it. Overall it was a brillant experience. I really enjoyed my time there and I would really like to go back sometime in the future. I have made so many friends from when I was in Nice and I am still in contact with them now. I Thanks so much for everything you did to organise my trip. It is a trip I will never forget."

Sara Moss - Parent

"Just to let you know that Patrick had a fantastic time on his trip, he thought the course was excellent and loved the school."

Nathan Lynch - Leaving Cert Pupil

"I went to biaritz this summer with four of my friends for two weeks to take part in the leaving cert course.I really enjoyed the experince of staying with a french family and learning more about the french culture.Our house was within walking distance of both the beach and the school but buses are easily accesible if not.We took part in activities such as surfing,a trip to a spanish town and bodyboarding on the grande plage.We all enjoyed the beach and the huge waves.This trip is an excellent way to meet people from all over the world while improving your french and having a great time."