Paris-Normandy 2005

Parc Asterix - the ups and downs of a French trip

The Paris brigade set off this morning for Parc Asterix, the theme park based around the French comic character. If Malie's reaction is to go by - she went on the world's biggest G Force rollercoaster FIVE times - then not only have we all put ourselves through the fastest, most scary rides, but many have overcome their fears of heights. Pictured is Mr McIntosh overcoming his latent fear of anything too fast or based on a water theme - once again Mr Burns bullied his staff to get on the fastest rides he could find.

Il faisait presque 30 degrees celsius et nous avons les debuts d'un bronzage d'ete. Un temps super!

It's not just our blog readers that are having to try the French. Tonight at our annual awards ceremony there are several prizes for translation and interpreting skills. MGS-ers have been working their French *very* hard.

Les jeux olympiques de Molay - cancelled due to poor weather!

Well, the Norman weather got the better of us all today as an afternoon of sporting adventure turned into a one-off football match special between First Choice and MGS staff vs. MGS pupils. At 40 pupils to 7 staff there was little chance of success for the aged minnows, and the pupils won 7-1 - no thanks to some amazing head work from the 7 foot Mr Burns. The rest of the afternoon was spent catching up on the week's photos, stories and packing our cases for the grand depart tomorrow to Paris.

MGS Olympiques de Molay

Having witnessed the English FA Cup final the gang was keen to get sporty themselves. So today, after a warm-up of walking and cycling into the village for some patisserie (those lovely French cream cakes) we will be running an afternoon of sporting challenges. Who will be the champion of the minigolf, or the footballing heros of MGS Molay FC? And which team will win the mass game of rounders?

Results later this evening. PS: Let us know the scores in the comments. Mr McIntosh wants Rangers to win, but might be in the minority.