Losing our Lunch. Old dogs and non-spring chickens will remember a time when lunch in France was ‘slow food only’, a minimum 2 hours, even at work or school, and fast food was practically unheard of.
Test Your French with this amusing little story
Marc Anfossi , Parisien writer, wrote this poem when he came to Amélie-les-Bains to take the waters in January 1912.
Where to pick up your P-O Life mag….
Collioure defensive – (re)discover the emblematic coastal town. Whatever your native language, you can enjoy the content and test your foreign language skills too!
Test your French and have a giggle with this tongue in cheek joke about Ikea flat pack furniture. Vocabulary provided at the end.
Can you match these French idioms with their French definitions?
Time to get the chain saw out?
Collioure défensive – (re)découvrez la ville balnéaire emblématique. Quelle que soit votre langue maternelle, vous pouvez profiter du contenu et tester vos compétences en langues étrangères !
The arrival of spring is a great motivation to get out the paint brush or saw….and get DIY-ing, but do you know what to ask for when you realise at the last minute that you are missing that ‘absolutely-can’t-finish-the-job-without’ screw, nail or spanner?