by Alliance Française | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
It’s no surprise that spring is an inspiration to artists. After months of cold and grey, nature explodes with colour. Have you noticed the shoots (les pousses) on the trees? Daffodils (les jonquilles) growing everywhere? This painting (une peinture) is by...
by Alliance Française | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog
If you like wine, then this is the place for you! Opened since May 2016, la cité du vin (word for word city of wine) is not only a museum dedicated to wine, it also hosts exhibitions (at the moment Bistrot! De Baudelaire à Picasso) and academic seminars (sounds like a...
by Alliance Française | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Les restos du coeur are the French equivalent of soup kitchens (la soupe populaire), distributing food to people needing it. They have been around since 1985 when comedian (le comique) Coluche started them in big cities at first, and now they can be found everywhere...
by Alliance Française | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog
Did you know that 8th March was La journée de la femme? When did it first start? The first international woman’s day was on 19th March, 1911 in Europe and in the States, already asking for more rights ( qui plaidait pour plus de droits). Lénine chose the 8th March in...
by Alliance Française | Mar 4, 2017 | Blog
Students in Martine’s class have been reading “Celles qui attendent” by Fatou Diome, and have written their own book reviews (une critique). This award winning novel is set in Senegal, where struggling families send their sons to Europe to help with...
