Our field trip to Nantes is all set, again; this time with a group of undergraduates who are studying on one of the many modules in French language studies. Crossing the Channel in January was perhaps rather ambitious of me, so this journey is set for 4 th May 2016. We travel to Southampton by train from Plymouth on the Tuesday, staying overnight in the Premier Inn on the airport and then fly FlyBe direct to NTE on Wednesday. Bénédicte and Xavier at Le Voyage à Nantes have been very patient after my first research visit was postponed, and they have stepped in to help us to find venues and attractions for our students of French. For example, they have found this wine bar to host our WSET training afternoon (Wine & Spirit Education Trust): La Comédie des Vins. I am looking forward to reporting back from there on this blog: Travel Writers Online Our French lesson for this post is taken from our lunchtime series of teaching quality talks at the university today, since it fit
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