The 2023 BCHigh choir trip to France started off with a short bus ride to Logan airport, where we waited for our departure. After a couple hour delay, we had a very uneventful flight across the pond to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. Once there we had a two hour long wait to get through customs. We met our tour guide, Bill, and our bus driver, Fred, and set off for our first destination of the trip, Rouen.
While in Rouen we saw the beautiful Rouen cathedral (a favorite of Claude Monet), the exact spot where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake, and a beautiful golden clock from the 11th century.. After we saw these wonderful things, we split up into groups and had time for lunch. My group went and found a small bakery and enjoyed a variety of fresh baked pastries like macarons, croissants, and a baguette.
After we finished in Rouen, we headed to the hotel in the small town of Bayeux. There we had some time to rest in the hotel before heading to dinner at La Terrasse. There we enjoyed a wonderful meal consisting of tuna pate, chicken cooked in a traditional Normandy way, and potatoes. Desert was a pear tart, another specialty of this region. It was a great way to end a long and stress-filled day of travel.
BC High Concert Choir 