A bike ride from Montpellier to the beach

A bike ride from Montpellier to the beach

Next time you go to France you might want to try to cycle on one of its well loved and well maintained cycle paths (pistes cyclables). This time we were staying in a suburb in the South of Montpellier, a city in the South of France about 6 miles from the seaside....
Aurevoir Robin

Aurevoir Robin

Read our French teacher Martine’s tribute to well loved student, Robin: “All our regular blog readers will have been familiar with our famous Christmas sketches written every year by Robin. Robin and his Christmas sketches When Robin started writing them...
Book review: un air de famille

Book review: un air de famille

Some students learning French with Alliance Française de Bristol study a book or a play in the course of the year. This year, Martine’s class has been studying “Un air de famille” and here are a couple of quality reviews by Richard and Sarah (merci...
Read a book in French with us

Read a book in French with us

Do you know the French writer Jean Echenoz? We read one of his books, Envoyée spéciale, in our last book club with some of Alliance Française  students and other members of the public in Bristol. We always have a lively discussion with people really engaging with...
French cooking quiz

French cooking quiz

If you haven’t been able to join us for the Atelier d’automne and missed out on the fantastic roasted parsnips Tatin tart, la tarte Tatin aux panais rôtis, ( voir la photo ) you might still like to test yourself and answer the Petit quiz de l’atelier d’automne...
Le Jour J – 75 ans après

Le Jour J – 75 ans après

Read this account by our student Paul: Ma femme et moi avons visité la Normandie pour les événements marquant le 75e anniversaire du Jour J. C’est un morceau d’histoire qui m’intéresse beaucoup et, comme beaucoup de britanniques, nous avons des liens...