When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
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When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
I've got a 'petite devinette' for you: who really has the longest bench in the world? Well, I went to Geneva to find out...It was during my most ... Read more!
When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
Let’s set the scene.You’re in a picturesque French village. There’s a sign pointing to a route des vins, someone is explaining the magic of the local soil, and you ... Read more!
Imagine this: you’re strolling through a charming French village, admiring une maison blanche. You turn to your friend and proudly say, “Look! A white house — une blanche maison!”Well… not quite.In English, ... Read more!
Picture this: you’re sitting at a little café in Lyon, chatting to the waiter about your day.You want to say: I arrived this morning, we went to the cathedral, she stayed ... Read more!
When I was living in Australia, I often found myself saying, La France me manque — I miss France.It was one of those little French sentences I repeated over and over, ... Read more!
If you’re an anglophone (American, British, Aussie…), you probably use to know everywhere: I know her, I know Paris, I know how to ski.In French, though, you have ... Read more!
Bonjour!If you’re planning a trip to France — whether to explore pretty hilltop towns or get lost in the backstreets of Paris — you’ll soon come across the ... Read more!
Bonjour!The other day, during a French lesson, my American student Janis looked at me with that puzzled expression I know all too well.“Wait,” she said. “Why is it ... Read more!
Bonjour!I can’t count how many times I’ve heard someone say “C’est belle” when I showed them a photo I’d taken in Paris—perhaps of a sunlit street in Montmartre, a ... Read more!
Bonjour!When I was teaching beginner French classes in my language centre in Sydney, Australia, students would always ask the same thing—how on earth are we supposed to know ... Read more!
Bonjour!Let me tell you about one of my students (we'll call her Jenny!).She started learning French with me in February. A total beginner, but she’s in love with France — the ... Read more!
Planning your French travel? You absolutely should — and not just on a whim. France isn’t just another destination to tick off your list. It’s a place that ... Read more!
Ah, le joli mois de mai — the lovely month of May in France! If I had to choose one single month to be in France, just one, I ... Read more!
I titled this blog post: How to Survive April 1st in France. It could have been: A short guide to avoiding humiliation by paper fish I love my ... Read more!
Welcome to the 'Joucas Guided Walk', an enchanting chapter from our last journey through Provence! During a memorable 40-day stay in Bonnieux, our lovely home base, I explored ... Read more!
First time in Paris? The dream, right? The City of Light, the romance, the cafés, the art, the endless little streets leading to hidden treasures. Whether you’re planning ... Read more!
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