A quick description of french classes

Let me just give you an idea of what my french classes were like.
I was in an apartment just a quick five minute walk from the school.
Classes were from 9am until 12:15 every day with an extra 2 1/2 hours of classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays ( I was there for three weeks.)
The first day we had to take tests to determine which group was best for each of us - written, reading comprehension, oral comprehension and an interview.
I must have done alright because they put me into the most advanced class.
Our teacher's name was Dany and we had from three to five students - all women - depending on the week.  Two of the women were with me for all three weeks - Wegdam from Saudi Arabia who is 23 years old and Petra from Switzerland who is 42 years old.
The first week we had an older German lady and the last week there was a 45 year old from Denmark and a 74 year old from Colorado Springs.
Every day we would talk about readings, grammar, listen to radio reports, etc. to try to perfect our written and oral french.  Mostly the mornings would fly by.
Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, we would sign up for classes that were more fun and had other students in each class.  There were people - both men and women - from Switzerland, the Emirates, Saudi Arabia, the States, England, Germany, Singapore, Denmark, ....  it was a real United Nations!  All ages too - from 20 to 64.  It was interesting and people were pretty good about speaking french most of the time - sometimes just because it was the only language we had in common!

I think that I made a mistake in not staying with a french family - I had thought that I wouldn't like living with strangers for three weeks - and there were a lot of good things about living on my own, but I think that I would have learned more french living with a family.  Oh well, next time.
Why Tours?? They have a wonderful spoken french here and the countryside is extraordinary!  Truly, there are beautiful fields,  forests and a chateau around every corner.
Would I do this again and was it worth it??  Yes!