Visiting Chenonceau Castle
Le château de Chenonceau is actually the first of the Loire Valley castles I ever visited and honestly, I think it has ruined the remaining 100+ castles in the region for me because of its beauty and class.
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Welcome to Jugon-Les-Lacs – French Story & Translation
Let’s practice our French and discover Jugon-les-lacs in Brittany with this French English bilingual story. You’ll also learn how to translate city in French: ville ou cité ?
Xmas in France 🎅🎄🎁
How does one celebrate Xmas in France? How do you say merry Xmas in French? What’s the French Xmas vocabulary? The answer in my article! Joyeux Noël !
Easy Chocolate Truffles Recipe
“Les truffes au chocolat”, chocolate truffles, have become synonymous with luxury and decadent indulgence. Whole stores are dedicated to them, yet, they are fairly easy to make. Here is my recipe.
Faux-Pas in France – French Story & Translation
French student Steve learned some French etiquette rules the hard way: he candidly shares his experience in this fun bilingual article.
Anne’s Beginner’s French Diary
Follow Anne’s camping car trip to France, enjoy her pictures and practice your French with the diary she kept at a beginner’s French level.
Top 10 things I Hate About Paris 😖
Bloggers living in Paris will eventually put together a list such as this one: things they Love and Hate (simultaneously) about Paris. Bien sûr, I say ‘hate’ with tongue in cheek — most of these things are just *different* from what I’m used to and *most* have a silver lining.
Pears Belle Helene Recipe 🍐
Poire Belle Hélène is a classic French desert that can be made well in advance: It’s also versatile and relatively light to close off any meal!
Le Vignoble d’Irouléguy
Practice your French and discover Irouléguy (ear oo lay G-hard ee), the smallest vineyard of France!
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The Real Salade Niçoise Recipe
Is there such a thing as the one and only true salade niçoise recipe? Find out in this lively article as you learn this delicious salad recipe from a real Nice inhabitant, and practice your French with this easy bilingual recipe.
What to Expect at a Typical French Wedding? 👰🏻
Come with me to the wedding in France of my cousin Coralie and learn the French wedding traditions and the French marriage vocabulary.
À Moi Paris Level 1
Start here if you are a complete beginner or need a good review.
This audiobook explains the foundations of French like no others. Clear grammar explanations, modern pronunciation tips and really useful vocabulary. All illustrated by a fun story recorded at three different levels of enunciation (slower, enunciated and modern)
How to Cut A Single Serving of French Cheese 🧀
So many rules… Most make sense though since how you cut the cheese has to do with leaving a decent serving for the next person, and then leaving the cheese in the best shape to keep it.
Here is my exclusive (and technical!!) article on how to cut cheese in France.
To Leave, to Exit… Quitter, Sortir, Partir, Laisser, S’en Aller
We have many verbs in French to translate the notion of “to leave” based on the context, and they are, unfortunately, not interchangeable.
La Socca from Nice French Recipe & Translation
Learn the recipe for French Socca, a sort of pancake made with chickpea flour from the city of Nice, in the South of France.