Our Trip to Strasbourg
With students in 1ES2, we went to the city of Strasbourg to visit the European Parliament. This journey was funded by Europe and lasted two days. The first day, we left the school at 5 am and it took six hours to arrive by coach. When we arrived, we went to eat “Chez Yvonne”, a very famous restaurant frequented by famous people like Jacques Chirac and Jonny Hallyday.
After that in the afternoon, we discovered the city on a pleasure boat with an audio commentary. We then went in search of the European parliament, a very impressive building that we finally found after multiple attempts! We went inside to see a debate between Members of the European Parliament about granting and withdrawing international protection, sponsored by Sylvie Guillaume. Among the 736 MEPs, only twenty were present, and I observed that they didn’t necessarily listen to each other!
After the debate we met Malika Benarab-Attou who is the green MEP for Savoie. She talked about Libya and the organization of the European parliament, and so I learned that there are three important institutions which play an important role in decision-making that are the European Parliament, the Commission and the Council of the UE. We left about eight o’ clock and we went to eat and sleep in the youth hostel.
The second day, in the morning we visited Strasbourg on foot with a guide, who explained the history of the city very well. We also visited the cathedral which is immense; inside we could see a very old renowned astronomical clock very popular among tourists. In the afternoon, we visited the Kronenbourg brewery for about two hours and it was very interesting because it was very well explained and we could taste the beer in joy and good humor. Finally, we came back at 11 o’clock at night, pleased to go to school the next morning!
Sarah JOUTY 1ES2
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