Housing officers make periodic visits to the rooms and families to which you are assigned to be sure that cleanliness, comfort, and welcome meet the Institute's standards. Most students take breakfast and dinner daily in their French home as part of their demi-pension formula.
Students are responsible for their own lunches.
There are a multitude of affordable caf s, brasseries, boulangeries, small sandwich and grocery shops. With very few exceptions, IAU students report that having lived in a French home is far preferable to living independently. Awareness of current events, political outlook, and cultural customs enrich their lives immeasurably. Some even consider themselves a valued member of the family. Meeting French people of all ages in the community happened most naturally and successfully through the host family.