This document provides a detailed schedule of activities for an international student exchange program held in Rochefort, France from September 29th to October 4th. Groups of students and teachers from Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey, and Poland participated in the program. The schedule includes arrival and departure times at local train stations, guided tours of historic sites in Rochefort and La Rochelle, presentations by students on their projects, evening social activities, accommodations in Rochefort and a nearby town, and day trips by ferry, bus and on foot. The schedule provides specifics on times, locations and transportation for each day's itinerary.

1. HIP meeting in Rochefort
From September 29th until October 4th 2013
Sunday, September 29th
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
18:05
Surgères
Railway station
Arrival of the Czech group from Tours
Students welcome by their hosting families,
Teachers picked up by Olivier Piveteau
18:51
Rochefort
Railway station
Arrival of the Spanish group from Bordeaux
Students welcome by their hosting families,
Teachers picked up by Catherine Fersing
19:14
Surgères
Railway station
Arrival of the Turkish group from Paris
Students welcome by their hosting families,
Teachers picked up by Nadège David
Sunday
evening
Evening with hosting families
Monday, September 30th
LMP = Lycée Merleau-Ponty, our school
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
8:00 – 9:00
LMP
Restaurant
Welcome breakfast
9:00 – 10:30
LMP
Salle polyvalente
- Whole school
10:06
Surgères
Railway station
Arrival of the Polish group from Paris
Students and teachers welcome by Pascal Sore (minivan)
Baggage drop off (salle internat 24)
11:00 – 12:15
LMP
Salle polyvalente
Official opening of the Meeting
12:30 – 13:30
LMP
Restaurant
Lunch
13:30 – 17:00
Centre of
Rochefort
Gathering at the meeting point (MDL) – Guided tour :
- Royal Ropery (« Corderie royale »)
- Visit of Hermione (copy of an 18th-century ship)
Discovering LMP
Classes for French students
17:00 – 17:45
Since 18:00
LMP
End of the visits – Back to school before 18:00
Evening with hosting families

2. Tuesday, October 1st
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
8:00 – 10:00
LMP
Classrooms
Attending classes
10:15 – 11:45
LMP
Salle polyvalente
Presentations on the project
(part one)
12:00 – 13:00
LMP
Restaurant
Lunch
13:00
LMP bus station
Trip to La Rochelle (bus)
13:30-15:00
Centre of
La Rochelle
Guided tour of the city and old harbour
15:00-17:00
Centre of
La Rochelle
Free time
17:15 – 17:45
Back to Rochefort (bus)
18:00 – 19:00
LMP
School - MDL
Free time / Preparing the evening party
19:00 – 22:00
LMP
MDL (“House of
Students”)
Buffet - Music
22:00
Back home
Going to beddy-byes!
Wednesday, October 2nd
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
9:00 – 10:30
LMP
Salle polyvalente
Presentations on the project
(part two)
10:45
LMP bus station
Trip to Fouras (bus)
11:30
Fouras
Departure of the ferry to Aix Island
12:00 – 15:15
Aix Island
Picnic – Discovering the island , the village of Aix
and the Napoleonic Museum
15:30 – 17:30
From Aix Island to
Rochefort
Departure of the ferry from Aix Island – Boat trip
(Fort Boyard, estuary of the river Charente,
Ascending up the river to the Royal Ropery)
17:30
Back home
Evening with the hosting families

3. Thursday, October 3rd
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
Before 9:00
LMP
Salle internat 24
Gathering at school – Baggage drop off
(CAREFUL! No return to the hosting families,
except for Polish students)
9:00 – 12:00
Centre of
Rochefort
Gathering at the meeting point (MDL)
Guided tour in Rochefort
Official Reception at Rochefort Town Hall
12:00 – 13:30
LMP
restaurant
Lunch
(regional menu)
13:30 – 16:30
LMP
Classrooms
Project workshops
16:30 – 17:30
LMP
Salle polyvalente
Gathering in Salle polyvalente
Buffet – Exhibition of the students’ works
17:45
LMP bus station
Trip to Saint-Nazaire sur Charente (bus)
Since 18:30
St-Nazaire sur
Charente
Accommodation at “Fontaine Lupin” (hosting centre)
Dinner – Farewell party - Night on the spot
Friday, October 4th
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
7:00-9:00
St-Nazaire sur
Charente
Getting up – Breakfast
Preparing to leave “Fontaine Lupin”
8:30
St-Nazaire sur
Charente
Departure of the Czech and Turkish groups by minivans
(Train to Paris at Surgères railway station at 9:52)
9:00
St-Nazaire sur
Charente
Departure of the Spanish group by minivan
(Flight to Barcelona at Bordeaux Airport at 15:25)
9:00
Back to
Rochefort
Back to LMP by bus – Baggage drop off (salle internat 24)
(Polish group and French students)
10:10
LMP
Back to classes for French students
10:30 – 16:45
Surprise!
Trip by minivan for the Polish group and French partners
(Undetermined programme)
Back to school before 17:00 (CAREFUL : baggage)
17:00
Back home
Evening with the hosting families
Saturday, October 5th
Time
Places
Detail of the activities
9:20
Surgères
railway station
Gathering of Polish students and teachers
(Train to Paris at 9:52)