I have done this four times. The first time I went here was for the year that I was in fifth grade. I spent the year in Chartres at this time, with my mom and sister. My mom recieved a Fullbright to do a teacher exchange. My mom was a French teacher in the United States, and the woman we did the exchange with was an English teacher in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France, which is a small town near Chartres. The second time I went here was to go to summer camp. I think it was in Central France. The third time I went here was to visit a friend in ~7th grade in Souance-sur-Perche, outside of Nogent-le-Rotrou, for two weeks. The fourth time I went here was in high school as part of my Potsdam High School's French Exchange. We went to visit Nogent and Nogent high school students came to visit us. I have travelled all over Northern France, seeing all its major cathedrals and castles, visiting Mont-St.-Michel and all of Northern France's major tourist attractions; and visiting Normandy and Brittany. I am fluent in French and bilingual. I have made many connections with French people over the years. Christa Bergman Brown