Foreign students explore America

By Edgar Sanchez - esanchez@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, July 24, 2008 Story appeared in El DORADO FOLSOM RANCHO CORDO section, Page G5 Seventeen-year-old Camille Mallat of Paris expected to see plenty of "sun and blue sky" during her first visit to California. But when she flew into Sacramento two weeks ago, the sky was filled with soot and ugly gray smoke that blotted out the sun. Despite the bad air generated by wildfires, Mallat was glad to be in California. She came with more than 100 other youths from Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Hong Kong for a 27-day visit to explore American culture. "I feel great to be in California," Mallat said. "It's so good, that even in French I can't express how happy I am." She and the other visitors, ages 13 to 20, were brought here by the Education First Educational Homestay... [read full story]