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🥖 Baguettes, Blankets & Bonjour: A Picnic at the Champs de Mars

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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French class has never looked this good. Today, our immersion group took learning outside the classroom — and where better than the Champs de Mars, aka the giant green park right in front of the Eiffel Tower?

Yes, it’s real. Yes, it felt like we were in a postcard.

Picnic Goals: French Edition

We arrived with bags full of goodies — think fresh baguettes, cheese (so much cheese), fruit, and some questionable attempts at ordering from a real French bakery. (“Une tarte aux fraises, s’il vous plaît?” Nailed it.)

Blankets were spread, shoes came off, and just like that, our class turned into a chill Parisian hangout. The Eiffel Tower casually loomed in the background like, “Oh hey, just photobombing your dinner.”

Learning French, but Make It Fun

This wasn’t just about snacks (okay, it was mostly about snacks). Our teacher had us do mini French challenges:

  • Order food in French ✔️

  • Practice picnic vocab (“fromage,” “pain,” “encore, s’il te plaît!”) ✔️

  • Introduce yourself to someone new — en français, bien sûr ✔️

There were families, tourists, couples, and students all around us. A guy with an accordion walked by at one point and it was almost too cliché. (Almost.)

French class + Eiffel Tower + friends + food = best day ever.