Did you know that “La Marseillaise”, France’s national anthem, was actually composed in Strasbourg in 1792, not in Marseilles as we might assume?
At the end of WW2I, the BBC used the opening lines of this poem to signal the start of D-Day operations.
Un type rentre dans un bar…..
Did you know that the word ‘-aise’ means “native to” or “originating in ?
A french classic and must-read for french learners.
House of the Rising Sun or Le Pénitencier, sung here in French by Johnny Hallyday
Test Your French. Good to see that the Gendarmerie des Pyrénées-Orientales have a sense of humour.
Test your French with our unbelievably bad joke about Lucien and his unsuccessful search for l’oiseau rare (Mrs. Right)
Did you know that grève also means sandbank or pebbly beach and actually comes from Place de Grève, a flat and sandy area on the banks of the River Seine in Paris (now Place de l’Hôtel de Ville)?
A selection of poems paying homage to our sacred Mountain, Mount Canigou