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Une balade photographique avec moi dans le vieux Lyon ? Du côté de Saint-Jean, pour traîner dans les petites rues, manger une crêpe et boire un petit café…
A French phenomenon, COlunching started as a way for French freelancers to escape their home offices. Now it has become a popular way of people meeting when they arrive in a new city for work, or for travellers seeking to combine a foodie experience with a chance to meet with the locals.
Let’s go to 35 rue Vieille du Temple in the heart of the French capital, for a My French Life soirée! … We discover, we laugh, we talk in French and English, we share our passion and experiences. All of this in a little bar in the heart of Paris. I even received some great advice and tips! Would you like to be there?
In France, it is exceptionally rare and very difficult to change careers. French people go to school, they go to university and whatever they choose to study is what they subsequently become.
When you think of Nice, France, you think about the Promenade des Anglais, Cours Saleya, and all those lovely cafés and bistros. And oui, it is all of that. But, if you want to explore Nice like a local, then take off that 1980’s fanny pack, get off the tourist track, and head to Vieux-Nice.
One day… I noticed a small square of graph paper taped to Pool Keeper’s ticket window. The handwritten lines indicated a verse of poetry followed by the words “Identifiez le poète et obtenez une entrée gratuite.” If you guessed correctly, you would receive a free pass for the day.
Pool Keeper shook his head, exasperated at our stupidity. He growled, “slip de bain obligatoire pour le monsieur”, … I wondered, what could that be? Uncomprehending, we stared back at him through the plexiglass window.
We had been eating our way through France… and our waistlines were thickening despite all the walking we did… Because gyms and jogging were out, we got the idea of swimming.
When I mention southern France, what comes to your mind? I know what comes to mine, still, after all these years … turquoise seawater … lavender fields … and above all, embracing warmth. This list comes to mind, to vanish immediately, replaced with other phenomena I’ve become accustomed to recently.
Le lundi 19 mars aux environs de 8 heures du matin, dans la cour de l’école de confession judaïque Ozar Hotora à Toulouse, un professeur de 30 ans et ses deux enfants de 3 et 6 ans ainsi que la fille de 10 ans du directeur de l’école sont abattus froidement à bout touchant et portant par Mohamed Merah.
If you had a grand-mère provençale, and asked her about herbes de Provence, she would probably have replied “Qu’ est-ce que c’ est?”. She would, of course, have cooked with the herbs she kept outside her kitchen door or gathered as she walked near the house, perennial plants that could thrive in hot, sunny locations.
How good is your knowledge of French idioms? …As we saw the last polls for the French presidential election were very close, which meant that almost half of the French population were celebrating while the other half were having a bitter Sunday dinner. So, champagne or soupe à la grimace[5]?
The French voted this Sunday 6 May to elect a new French president. Two candidates competed, Nicolas Sarkozy, outgoing president of the right wing, and François Hollande, the Socialist party candidate. French participation in the vote was 82%. François Hollande won and has been elected as the new French President.
Look up and enjoy the beautiful Parisian rooftops as photographed by Marianne.
Once again about 80% of the French population went to the voting offices on Sunday 6 May 2012. This will no doubt be a date to remember, as it promises to open a new era for France. With 51,67 % of the votes in favour of François Hollande, the French population has voiced out its will for a change in the coming five years.
Any dish which is À la Normande or Vallée d’Auge generally includes cream and butter, and sometimes mushrooms too. Poulet Vallée d’Auge is chicken with cream, calvados and apples and it’s a rich dish with nothing nouvelle cuisine about it.
The long-awaited confrontation between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande kept more than 17 million French people in front of their TV for almost 3 hours on Wednesday night.
It is funny to think that a single, oft-repeated ad had such a strangely grand impact on my life. To this day, when I hear someone count to three in French, my brain immediately rushes to complete the rest of the Muzzy commercial.