Well, Prof. Jeantet and his cat Beanie arrived safely in Haute Savoie on Friday.

After an uneventful trip across the Atlantic (Beanie's 22nd crossing) they were greeted by friends at Geneva's Cointrin airport and driven home to the mountain village of Montmin, just a few miles from Faverges and about 2000 feet higher up.

Saturday, Prof. Jeantet will be going back to Geneva to greet Matthew and Coda, who are arriving a day ahead of the group; on Sunday, back to Geneva to pick up ten more students, this time accompanied by AFA president Yvette Millot and Amy Smoot, a 2005 Program participant who has just completed a one-year stint as an assistante d'anglais in a French school. Perhaps Coda and Matthew will want to tag along as well as they begin to recover from jet lag. And on Monday morning, back to Geneva to pick up the last two, who are coming late in order not to miss their UA graduation ceremony on Saturday. Classes will start in earnest on Tuesday, as Monday is one of many May holidays in France.

An illustrated report will be posted on Sunday to describe the students' arrival in Europe.

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