Description

Homestay, Chocolate and Travel

Spend four delicious weeks exploring French culture through one of its most cherished culinary art forms--chocolat. During your Paris orientation, sample the sweets of world famous chocolatiers. During your three-week homestay, get to know your community with host siblings and friends, cook delicious meals with your new family, and delve into the rich world of bread and chocolate at a renowned culinary school. You'll spend five days in the test kitchen with professional chocolatiers who will share their secrets and technique as you design your own flavors. Your adventure concludes with travel to the famous chocolate-producing cities of Bruges and Brussels in Belgium.

Sample activities:
Meet artisan chocolatiers; learn how to make ganache and sample truffles and mendiants; experiment with sweet and savory ingredients to create your own chocolate; explore the museums, theaters, and medieval architecture of Bruges, Belgium.

Sample host community:
Perpignan

Travel Types

• Cooking
• Homestay
• Language Immersion
• Tours

Type of Programs

• Cultural Exploration
• Language Immersion

Languages

• French

Cost in US$:

7400

Program Fees Include:

International airfare included

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

in Groups

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 15

Application Process Involves

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Physical Exam/Health Records

Typically The Application Process Time is

2-4 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Experiment in International Living's Mission Statement

The Experiment in International Living's mission is to create meaningful, dynamic experiences for students eager to challenge themselves and engage their sense of global citizenry. Our goal is to help young people peel back the superficial differences that exist in their backgrounds and find authentic commonalities among other program participants and the people of their host countries.

Year Founded

1932