by Alliance Française | Jan 22, 2012 | Blog
Audrey, our French drama tutor, has a great show to present on 31st January with a group of 6 students who have been following the French drama course for the last 10 weeks.The show, all in French, is a mixture ( un mélange) of improvisations ( des improvisations ),...
by Alliance Française | Jan 15, 2012 | Blog
What are your new resolutions for 2012? This is a common question asked in France as in England.We are now the 15th January, if you made a resolution on the 1st, did you stick to it or have you already given up? It may make you feel better to read that, according do...
by Alliance Française | Jan 7, 2012 | Blog
No white Christmas for us this year unless some of you went skiing as the snow just obliged a couple of weeks before Christmas.Suzanne, a student with our French tutor, Jocelyne, likes the snow and has written a poem about it. Here it is:Pourquoi aimer la...
by Alliance Française | Dec 31, 2011 | Blog
Everybody in France is getting ready for le réveillon du jour de l’an ( New year’s Eve) which is celebrated either with family or friends: another occasion to eat a big and scrumptious meal!Young people do go to parties and for those living in Paris, it is...
by Alliance Française | Dec 23, 2011 | Blog
Some customs are different for Christmas in France, for instance:We do not send Christmas cards but New Year wishes in January, now mostly by email.We celebrate on Christmas eve ( le réveillon de Noël) with a big meal, here is a menu:Des huîtres ( oysters) et du foie...
by Alliance Française | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
Chou pastry (pâte à choux) is a popular recipe but…. it has got to come out right! Isabelle offers a recipe that should work out each time.PATE A CHOUX Ingrédients: • 250 ml d’eau• 60g de beurre sans sel coupé en morceaux • 125g de farine• 3 à 4 œufs selon la...
