Planning
2025
Be back with a new program in GENEVA and Annecy in December 2024 ….
From 9:30 am to 2pm, lunch included
May 2024
Monday 6 : Annecy Day
Guided tour of Le Palais de L’île + Walk and chat
Monday 13 : Art day at the Imperial Palace
Speech of an a peinter+ Walk and Chat
Monday 20 : Nature Outing
Guided Walk in the Natural protected area of Le Roc de Chère + Talloires Bay
Monday 27 : Nature Day
Lunch at Imperial Palace. Discover Trees, shrubs and birds of the forest. From 12pm to 4pm.
Juin 2024
Monday 3 : Nature outing
Guided Walk at the Ermitage Saint Germain+ Talloires Bay
Monday 10 : Cooking day
Vegetarian cooking workshop + “walk and chat”
Monday 17 : Nature Outing
Guided Walk at the Angon waterfall + Talloires Bay
Monday 24 : Nature Day
observation of the lake’s waterbirds (with LPO) + Walk and chat
NATURE (indoors)
Speaker 1: Agroecology, let’s speak about the earth.
Speaker 2: Biodiversity, let’s speak about animals
Speaker 3: Water ….
Speaker 4: Author of a podcast about mountains.
speaker 5 : wildlife on our mountains.
NATURE (outdoors)
Activity 1: Hiking with a guide and explainations.
Activity 2: Protecting wildlife.
Activity 3: Nature awareness
Activity 4: Organic vegetable farm
THE PLANET (indoor)
Activity 1: The climate fresk : a game to understand the fundamental science behind climate change.
Activity 2: Carbon footprint workshop to calculate your own carbon footprint
Activity 3: The film “Demain Annecy” deciphered by the trainer.
CREATIVITY
Activity 1: Creative cooking workshop
Activity 2: Floral design workshop (artificial flowers)
Activity 3: Weaving workshop
Activity 4: Photography workshop
Course content
ART: (indoors)
Speaker 1: a painter: technique, inspiration, history.
Speaker 2: a writer: his book, his inspiration, his past and his projects.
Speaker 3: a poet: discovering and understanding poems.
Speaker 4 : a videographer : the cinema professions
WELL-BEING (indoors)
Speaker 1 : a yoga teacher: the history of yoga, values, thinking, different practices.
Speaker 2 : a naturopath : food to cure.
Speaker 3 : a life coach: what he does, some suggestions for personal reflection.
Speaker 4 : a psychologist: what is well-being ?
Speaker 5 : review or lear “life-saving gestures” (cardiopulmonary resuscitation etc….)
THE CITY OF ANNECY (outdoor)
Activity 1: Guided tour of the old town and its history
Activity 2: Guided tour of the Annecy Castle
Activity 3: Guided tour of the old prisons
Activity 4: Guided tour of the AAA workshop and creation of an animated film.
Activity 5: “Mysteries of the lake” riddle game
Activity 6: Guided tour or sailing on the Espérance III ‘old sailing ship’
Workshop half-days from 9:30 am to 2pm
- Welcome coffee
- First guided tour from 9.30am / 10am
- Linguistic exploration with the trainer during or after the visit / workshop.
- Lunch
- Walk and Chat from 1pm to 2 pm
Outdoor Workshop days from 9:30 am to 4pm
- Welcome coffee
- First guided tour from 9.30am to 12pm
- Linguistic exploration with the trainer during the visit.
- Lunch
- Break
- Second guided tour from 1:30pm to 4pm
- Language exploration during the visit.
Indoor Workshop days from 9:30am to 4 pm
- Welcome coffee
- First speaker from 9.30am to 11am
- Break from 11 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
- Linguistic exploration with the trainer from 11.30am to 12pm.
- Lunch
- Walk
- Second speaker 1:30pm to 3pm
- Break 3 pm to 3:30 pm
- Language exploration 3:30pm to 4pm.
That’s 7 hours of non-stop French!
Multi-day live-in courses are available on request.
