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With our backs to the Arc de Triomphe we will now take a virtual stroll down the broadest and most well-known street in Paris..

"Le rire est notre meilleure aile ; il nous soutient quand nous tombons."
Victor Hugo

(laughter is our best wing: it holds us when we are falling)

When in Normandy, make time to enjoy the region's culinary offerings. Among its many sites for quality products and taste is the bucolic hilltop Domaine St.Hippolyte,  an award-winning 16th- century working dairy and apple farm. "It's a living postcard of Normandy's past and present," proclaims Madame Leroux, a gentille femme who will welcome your visit.

Possessive adjectives in French depend on the person who is talking, and then agree with the object: they agree with the possessee - not the possessor.

In other words, if I am talking, it does not matter whether I am a girl or a boy, what matters is the gender and number of what comes after the possessive.

In Paris, there are about 16 500 taxis so you think you should be able to get one easily, no? Nope! Paris' cabs usually don't stop when hailed. Why? Because of the whole taxi organization in Paris.

Je voudrais vous parler de ma ville, Bayonne, mais par où commencer ?

D'abord, c'est où ?

Bayonne est située au sud-ouest de la France, proche de l'Océan Atlantique (5km), de l'Espagne (24km), et des Pyrénées, chaîne de montagnes nous séparant de l'Espagne.
C'est la plus grande ville du Pays Basque français.