Friday we visited the middleton plantation which before 1865 produced 20 tons of rice a year, using 100 slaves that were freed with the american civil war. this plantation belonged to a very wealthy british family. they grew the food they needed and the rice was exported by using the ashley river close to the plantation. the land owner thought it w

Today we visited the martin luther king center. we learnt about his life at the beginning of his non-violent fight. his speeches were displayed. there were 2 worlds : one for blacks and one for whites. whites had more rights than black people. blacks were discriminated against. in front of this tomb there is an internal flame which means that his f

En route pour paris!!! bonne nuit

Friday was iris's birthday!!!

Historic columbia welcomed a group of french exchange students from lexington middle school to tour the woodrow wilson family home and mann-simons today! l'histoire c'est cool, indeed! #historyiscool that's the house of a couple of black people who were released before the abolition of the slavery. the woman bought her mother so that she could not

Today we visited river bluff high school. in river bluff the scheduler is different everyday. students can leave the school more easily than in blaise pascal. they have playgrounds and places called commons. they can collaborate with other students. they have a cafeteria , dance room, gym class, an auditoium with 1250 seats! they are 2000 students.

The usc campus has 33 000 students and it's like a little town in the town: it's very huge. usc is composed of lots of buildings and beautiful gardens. we saw the oldest college library of the usa: it was built by robert mills, who also designed the washington monument.. we had a picnic on the horseshoe, the historical center of usc. it's named lik

This morning we went to williams brice stadium. it's the stadium of the gamecocks team. when we arrived, we went on the grass and the guide explained to us the history of the stadium. he said the parking's place for a match is 120 usd (750 usd for a year). there are 82 000 seats in the stadium. the construction was in the 30's and there is the 2000

The real name of "chicken man" is ernest lee. he is famous in south carolina. he paints chickens and palmettos on wood. he is a single artist with his style !! he's "crazy" and very funny !! we visited his little museum in a caravan !! he sales his paintings so we bought some. at the end he gave us some paintings, so he is very generous ! paul and

Thomas woodrow wilson was the 28th president of the united states from 1913 to 1921. he was born in virginia in 1856 and died in 1923. he studied political science. his father , called joseph, taught theology. he was a baptist minister. thomas woodrow wilson's nickname was tommy. when he arrived in sc in 1870, he was 14 years old. the house we saw,