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.
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.
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 !
Test Your French! In Spring 1905, Henri Matisse landed in Collioure, searching for light and a new style of painting.
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)?
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Test your French with a lovely springtime poem: Premier sourire du printemps by French Romantic poet, Théophile Gauthier
Bad (and rude!) joke but good for your French – don’t read if you’re of a prim and proper disposition, otherwise, enjoy the ride 😉
Test Your French: Et Dieu créa Adam et Eve. A short story with French/English vocabulary at the end to help you to improve your French.