Au Marché
National Language Week saw the Shells take a break from lessons to visit the French Market in Solihull Town Centre. The main objective was to improve our conversational French, although the stallholders’ English seemed to be far superior to our French! We split up into groups of three and started making our way around.
As we shuffled through the bustling market place, we practised our conversation. I can distinctly remember Russell Vanhouse asking for a French cheese perfectly and getting exactly what he wanted. The ‘pains au chocolat’ at the bakery stall were lovely. The chocolate was oozing out of the sides. I had four! The short but sweet outing was fun and a great experience for us all to practice our French, as well as having a taster of some delicious French food.
Ben Trenchard and Fred Howard