Price: US$3400 (2350E) with accommodations (maximum 10); US$2660 (1835E) without accommodations (an additional 4)

Come join us for two weeks as a resident of the ancient Provence city of Arles, and enjoy 30 hours of intensive French instruction. Alongside the French instruction will be cooking classes, wine tastings, tours of the city and the region, and much more.

Arles is located on the edge of the Rhône River, just 45 kilometers from the seaside towns of Saintes Maries de la Mer and Aigues Mortes. WeĠre a short 20 minute train ride to Avignon, and an hour from Marseille.

During your time with us, we will include either dinner or lunch each day (demi-pension), inviting our friends the archeologists, the wine-makers, the bee-keeper, the baker, and many more to join us at the table to stimulate your ears and put your new-found language skills to immediate use. There's nothing like a leisurely meal well lubricated with local wines for loosening up your tongue and getting you to speak (and perhaps debate) like a native.

We will guide you through the history of Arles, and share some of its extraordinary richness with you. But weĠll also give you free time to roam and explore the region yourself (or with a new-found friend).

• 13 nights' accommodations (spacious doubles) and 13 breakfasts
• 30 hours of French instruction at an intermediate or beginners' level (classes will have an average of 4-6 students)
• lunch or dinner every day
• 4 cooking classes
• wine tasting at a local winery (whose wine maker will then come join us for dinner to continue your conversation)
• a free pass to all the Arles' monuments
• a guided visit through the museum of Arles' Antiquity with an historian to learn the depths of the over 2500 years of history of this city and region.
• an outing to the wild beaches and marshlands of the Camargue by horseback or jeep (as you prefer)

Dates for 2008:

March 30 - April 12

June 8 - 21 Reserve Your Place