One of the first things we teach the students is how to open and close all the necessary doors. Since many of the buildings are very old, including the one where we have class, the doors often have multiple locks or complicated locks. You have to unlock and re-lock the door every time you open it, whether coming or going. It is important to pay close attention to the instructions: “Push this, then turn that, then pull here…”

Students may notice that some of the doors in France are very, very tall, like the size of a garage door. Many of them were built that size to accommodate a horse, or even a horse and rider!