by Alliance Française | Apr 10, 2010 | Blog
Good Friday ( le vendredi saint) is not a bank holiday in France. On Easter Sunday ( le dimanche de Pâques) Easter eggs ( les œufs de Pâques) get dropped in the gardens or on balconies by the bells ( les cloches) on their way to Rome where they will ring for the...
by Alliance Française | Mar 27, 2010 | Blog
Although Spring has officially arrived, it was announced on the French radio on March 20th, sleet and snow are forecast for next week so a poem about Winter and snow is still appropriate! Renee who started her French class with us last September and who was then...
by Alliance Française | Mar 7, 2010 | Blog
Come to our photo exhibition on the 13th March 2010, 19h30, at St Lukes’Church Hall-Wellsway in Bath.The theme is “Tableau d’enfance”. Do you have a fond souvenir of your childhood? Share it with us with the help of a photo and a short text in French (maximum 800...
by Alliance Française | Mar 1, 2010 | Blog
Florence, French tutor and guide will talk and show photos on modern gardens in Paris that you may know nothing about. She’ll also present some unusual and quaint ones in the Loire Valley: plenty of new ideas for visits!French students taking tuition with...
by Alliance Française | Feb 20, 2010 | Blog
French people like sending their Valentine messages via the national press: one of our French tutors has looked at some of these messages with her students in one of the French lessons as well as some of the more famous quotes on love. Here are a couple:”Le cœur...
