Having spent many years attempting to master French as an English speaker, I enrolled with Experience France (XPF) for a trial session early 2023 and followed on enrolling in the intensive course and visited for one week in June 2023.

The experience was very positive and I had the opportunity of spending a week with my French teacher Hebret and founder Carl, enjoying a different experience each day. I enjoyed the
opportunity of being in pleasant company every day and this included:

> a randonnée (hiking) day in the forests to the west of Paris

> a visit to the park of Versailles

> a drive to Normandy and an amazing Calvados audio/visual presentation

> visiting the very pretty harbour of Honfleur

> a tour of Le Havre with our local guide (whom shared the same industry and profession as I coincidentally)

> followed by an excellent beach fronted dinner before retiring to our hotel

We further visited the Museum of Van Gogh and Auvers, Maison Fournaise for lunch and the Renoir Museum. A must see also was the Viaduct at Louveciennes, lunch in St. Germain-en-Laye and finally dinner by the river.