Learning about cheese

On the 9th December we went to a pretty little village in the hills getting close the the Swiss boarder. The village is called Mammirole, it is very picturesque when we went it was 8o'clock in the morning and the country side was frosty and crisp much colder than it was in the Besancon which is lower than Mammirolle. We were driven to the village by a mature apprentice to the school, he was very informative speaking very good English, he told us about the region Franche-Comte, spoke intelligently about travelling and the other countries he had visited but mainly he spoke about the village and school we were going to visit. 

The school we visited is called ENIL it specialises in the dairy industry biotechnology and water. We were taken on the tour of the cheese factory, we had to follow all the correct health and hygiene regulations which involved wearing a white plastic apron that covered you neck to toe, then a hair net over every inch of hair, and then just to finish off all that glamour we had to take off all our jewellery and cover our shoes with blue plastic socks. thankfully no photos were taken. The Factory was interesting very nearly put me off cheese for life the smell was appalling at some points making most of us poor English students wretch. After that we got to try some of the cheeses and then we were shown around the school by the students and taken to the local bar and had lunch at the canteen. after that we sat in with a couple of classes and helped the students with their English. it was really good getting some experience working within a school environment. Over all the day was really good. 

This is my group in one of the lessons, we were spilt into groups and we had to decide amoungst us what we were going to perform in front of the rest of the group in English (basicly we played charades) I know it is on one side but my computer refused to turn it the right way round.