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On Location in France
Day 5
Sponsored by: Power-Glide
Homeschool.com Jr. Media Team spent a whole afternoon
strolling through the Monet's spectacular gardens at his home in Giverny, France. They felt as if they were
walking through one of his famous paintings. Monet once remarked that his
gardens were his greatest masterpiece.
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 A resident in Monet's Garden
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 The countryside of the Loire Valley was laced with chateaus and
castles. The ruins at the castle at Loche with its underground passageways
and dungeon was a particular favorite.
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 The walls were covered with medieval graffiti left by the political
prisoners of this dark dungeon.
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 It was hard for the team to imagine any young man actually
walking around in this heavy suit of armor -- we think Quinn could do
it!
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French Vocabulary for Day Four:
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French |
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escargot
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snail
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| Qui
e'tait...?
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Who
was...?
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l'artiste
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the artist
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le peintre
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the painter
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| le sculpteur
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the sculptor
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| le cavalier
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the knight
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| le roi
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the king
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| le reine
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the queen
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