Although nearly half of the teachers here have told me they don't exist, France, like the U.S., does have the rare three-day weekend.
The traditional thinking behind not having these precious days of nothingness is that most of the school two-week holidays fall on every major government holiday, like Christmas, New Years, La Toussaint, etc. However, spring break is not until April and winter break fell on two weeks in February.
So what happens to Easter?!
Well, a three-day weekend, that's what! I get the Monday after Easter off -- why not Good Friday is beyond me, maybe because they think we'll be too full to work/go to school on Monday from all the serious eating that probably goes on during Easter Sunday.
So since I'll have an extra day off, I'm going to meet my Dad -- and Mom who will soon be flying in again! -- on the tail end of his work trip to Basel, Switzerland, which is right on the corner of the French-German border.
Then what to do from there?
Visit the Black Forest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg?
Or explore Northern Switzerland and take in Zürich/Berne?
Oh and did I mention that two weeks after this long weekend is SPRING BREAK?! I love France :)
The traditional thinking behind not having these precious days of nothingness is that most of the school two-week holidays fall on every major government holiday, like Christmas, New Years, La Toussaint, etc. However, spring break is not until April and winter break fell on two weeks in February.
So what happens to Easter?!
Well, a three-day weekend, that's what! I get the Monday after Easter off -- why not Good Friday is beyond me, maybe because they think we'll be too full to work/go to school on Monday from all the serious eating that probably goes on during Easter Sunday.
So since I'll have an extra day off, I'm going to meet my Dad -- and Mom who will soon be flying in again! -- on the tail end of his work trip to Basel, Switzerland, which is right on the corner of the French-German border.
Then what to do from there?
Visit the Black Forest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg?
Or explore Northern Switzerland and take in Zürich/Berne?
Oh and did I mention that two weeks after this long weekend is SPRING BREAK?! I love France :)
1 comment:
Zurich is a very pretty city, especially when the weather is nice. When I visited, I walked a good 2 miles along the lake... only to have a rainstorm materialize & dump buckets on me within minutes. But still, a very nice, clean city, friendly people, and not as expensive as it's made out to be. Just my 2 centimes if you're considering places to visit :)
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