The girls officially began their french classes on Monday morning. They were placed in levels that correspond to their current knowledge of French. They have met people from Russia, Brazil, Japan and Spain. After lunch we departed as a group for the Pantheon. It was originally built as a church dedicated to Ste. Genevieve (the patron saint of Paris) and now serves as a mausoleum for distinguished citizens. Among the people buried in the crypt are Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Emile Zola and Alexandre Dumas. The first floor is dedicated to portraits of Ste. Genevieve, Joan of Arc and the French revolution. The structure is beautiful! We headed back to FIAP to take a walking tour of the area that includes St. Anne's Hospital (used to house soldiers during the war) and the Catacombs which was built in the 1700's and house around 6 million people. We continued our walking tour in an area known as Denfert-Rochereau that is filled with restaurants and shops. Even though the original plan called for dinner on the Champs Elysees, the girls were "exhausted" and ate dinner on their own at one of the surrounding restaurants.
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