Dear Readers,
The year having already gotten off to a running start, it is in the last few days of January that Dickinson in France wishes you an excellent 2015; may the New Year bring you happiness, joy, and health!
For our Fall semester students, this month marks the culmination of the stay here in Toulouse. We wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavours and we hope you will take back some beautiful memories of the Pink City with you to the United States. It was a pleasure for all of the Dickinson in France team to accompany you throughout your experience in Toulouse.
For those who have recently arrived, we would like to welcome you to Toulouse, and we look forward to accompanying you throughout the semester in your discovery of Toulouse and France.
The month of January has been rather intense and unfortunately, marked by the tragic events in Paris. Rest assured all of our students arrived safely. In this edition of La Une you will find an article written by one of our new students, Mamadou Balde, who was one of the 120,000 people who participated in the march in support of freedom of expression that took place in Toulouse on January 10th.
In mid-January the students discovered a reputable venue in the performing arts scene in Toulouse: la Halle aux Grains where we saw the modern ballet Entre Deux, in part choreographed by the Toulousaine Maguy Marin.
I’ll leave it to our new students now to tell you their first impressions of Toulouse and their first encounters with French culture. You can also read about our trip to the Pyrénées in the section ‘Excursions’.
Enjoy,
Julia