by Alliance Française | Mar 31, 2017 | Blog
It’s no surprise that spring is an inspiration to artists. After months of cold and grey, nature explodes with colour. Have you noticed the shoots (les pousses) on the trees? Daffodils (les jonquilles) growing everywhere? This painting (une peinture) is by...
by Alliance Française | Mar 23, 2017 | Blog
If you like wine, then this is the place for you! Opened since May 2016, la cité du vin (word for word city of wine) is not only a museum dedicated to wine, it also hosts exhibitions (at the moment Bistrot! De Baudelaire à Picasso) and academic seminars (sounds like a...
by Alliance Française | Mar 17, 2017 | Blog
Les restos du coeur are the French equivalent of soup kitchens (la soupe populaire), distributing food to people needing it. They have been around since 1985 when comedian (le comique) Coluche started them in big cities at first, and now they can be found everywhere...
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