by Alliance Française | Oct 16, 2011 | Blog
Le XV de France has made it! Just! How will they cope in the final against New Zealand? Earlier on in the competition when the two teams were about to play each other, a French commentator on France Inter ( a French radio station) said: La marée noire risque de...
by Alliance Française | Oct 8, 2011 | Uncategorised
Le Mondial 2011:The French ( Les Français) have beaten the English ( Les Anglais) in the quarter final (le quart de finale).The headline in the famous newspaper, Le Monde, says: Le XV de France renverse l’Angleterre!Les Bleus will be playing Wales ( Le pays de...
by Alliance Française | Oct 2, 2011 | Blog
La nuit blanche ( The sleepless night) started in Paris ten years ago on the first weekend of October.The idea is that you can stay up and enjoy a host of unusual activities or shows right through the night.If you went to Le Sacré cœur last night you would have seen,...
by Alliance Française | Sep 25, 2011 | Blog
The first TGV ( fast train) ran between Paris and Lyon for the first time on 27th September 1981.There are 800 TGV per day, stopping at 230 stations.It goes at an average speed of 320km per hour!In 2010, 98,5 million passengers had taken the TGV in France; 1,7 billion...
by Alliance Française | Sep 18, 2011 | Blog
Les journées du Patrimoine ( open days to show the French heritage) take place every year on the 3rd weekend in September. They are taking place this weekend. It gives the opportunity to the public to see monuments and sites which are not usually open to the public...
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