Fond memories of Vichy and CAVILAM by Julien and Inès
After two months of intensive classes offered by the CAVILAM Vichy, Zhang Shuai (Julien) and Jin Huizi (Inès) have now moved to Aurillac for a 7 months training at the EFBPA ! We asked them to write a short article about the impression Vichy and CAVILAM left them…
卡维兰和薇姿给张帅和金会子留下的美好回忆
经过两个月的薇姿卡维兰强化课程，张帅(Julien)和金会子(Inès) 现已来到薇姿，他们将在法国奥里亚克烘焙学校接受时长7个月的培训。我们希望他们能够与我们分享一下薇姿和卡维兰给他们留下了怎样的印象…
Julien: “The French classes at CAVILAM were really stimulating!”
Vichy是个很小的城市，在那里没有高楼大厦，不像上海那样繁华。但是那里有很多公园，空气质量很好而且住在那里的人都非常友好！过马路时开车的司机都会停下让行表示友好、礼貌，包括路上的行人会很礼貌的对你点头一笑，或者向你问好，让人感觉很亲切！一般在法国礼拜六和礼拜天超市都是关门休息的，但是Vichy不是！在那里周末也会有很多超市开门营业的。
在Vichy我住在一户法国人家里，一对儿六十多岁的夫妻，他们都很热情、很照顾，我学习法语时遇到困难他们很愿意帮助我而且非常有耐心！在他们家里面还有两个借宿的学生，一个来自土耳其的女孩儿，另一个是来自哥伦比的男孩儿。他们也都很好，我们每天一起交流学习，感觉很有意思，从他们身上我学到了很多！
在cavilam学校里学习法语也很有意思，学生是来自不同的国家，老师教课很有方法！我们每天一起学习，学生们上课很活跃，师生关系处的很融洽，学习氛围很好，我总是不自觉地被他们感染从而融入他们！
在Vichy我收获了很多，比如我了解了法国人的生活方式、工作方式，交了很多来自不同国家的朋友、增长了阅历还有就是我的法语水平有了一定的提高。我很开心能经历这些！
On June 22nd, I arrived in Vichy to take French classes. Vichy is a very little city, there are no skyscrapers there, it’s not as busy as Shanghai. However there are many parks, the air quality is really good and everyone is very friendly! When crossing the road, car drivers stop to let pedestrians cross, they are friendly and polite! Even passersby will smile at you, say hi, they give you the feeling that you are really close! Usually in France supermarkets are closed on Saturdays and Sundays, but that’s not the case in Vichy! Here supermarkets are opened even in the week-end.
In Vichy I was living with a French family, a couple in their 60s, they were very warm and took great care of me. They were very willing to help if I encountered difficulties when studying French, and very patient as well! In their house there were two other exchange students, one girl from Turkey and one boy from Columbia. They were really nice, every day we would study together which was really interesting, I learnt a lot from them!
The French classes at CAVILAM were really stimulating, students came from all over the world and the teaching methods were great! We studied every day together, the students were very lively, the classes very interactive so there was a great atmosphere and I became integrated without knowing it!
I learnt a lot in Vichy: I got to understand the French lifestyle, the French work methods, I made friends from many different countries, I grew up as a person and my French improved for sure! I’m extremely happy I had the chance to live this experience!
Inès : « I’m very happy to have met so many people from all over the world ! »
法国… 这里的天看起来那么蓝，空气那么好，第一感觉是我会喜欢这里，我很高兴我会这样想，我做到了一直这样想。 六月十七日我来到法国巴黎，几天后我到了我要学法语的城市VICHY，和我的老师同学一起来到了这里. 我很幸运我住到了Sylvie的家里，。她很善良，我跟她一起逛街，散步，一起参加各种她的生活聚会，真真的看到了她的生活是如何的精彩充实. 我还很幸运的陪她一起过生日，我做了一个很大的混合水果蛋糕，她很开心。
CAVILAM是我法语课的学校，我的老师Fanny,她很漂亮，很善良认真又负责任，她说：“课堂上你有不懂得一定要问我”. 我有很多同学，也一直在换同学，我有很多西班牙同学，然后就是日本同学、德国、韩国同学。。从头到位一直在的同学只有日本同学，所以我们关系很好，会经常一起吃饭一起学习一起出去玩. 我们经常一起参加学校里的各种免费活动，（体育运动、唱歌跳舞是我最喜欢参加的一些活动）有次活动是国家文化艺术表演，学校里一群中国学生在跳广场舞《最炫民族风》给我们乐坏了. 我很开心这里遇到的所有人，让我了解了不少的别国文化。
不过有时候还是很想要一个人静静的，所以每天中午吃完饭我都要到学校后面的河边那座桥上坐一会，坐在那里可以让我的心很静、这样可以让我认真地想很多事情眼睛里还是只有那条宽宽的河，可以看透内心最真实的想法，因为那条河够清澈。
Such a blue sky, such a pure air…my first feeling when I arrived in France is that I would like it very much here! On June 17th we arrived in Paris, and after a few days there we went to Vichy to study French. I was very lucky to live at the house of a French woman called Sylvie. She was very kind, and together we did many things: shopping, walking, taking part in all kind of celebrations…I even got to celebrate her birthday with her; I baked a big fruit cake to thank her, she was very happy!
At CAVILAM my teacher was called Fanny, she was pretty, kind and responsible. She told us : “If there is something that you don’t understand during class you have to ask me!” I had many classmates, and would have new classmates every week. I had classmates from Spain, then from Japan, Germany, South Korea…I became good friend with my Japanese classmates, we would often eat together, study together, and take part in all the free activities offered by the school (my favourite were sports, singing and dance!). Once they even organised an International show of culture and arts, some Chinese students did a really funny skit! I’m very happy to have met so many people here, who made me discover so many other cultures.
However, sometimes I also felt like being on my own, so everyday after lunch I would sit on the bridge on the river at the back of the school. Sitting there I would feel very peaceful…in front of me there would be nothing but the wide river, giving me the stillness to think of many things…