by Alliance Française | Jan 24, 2011 | Blog
Alliance Française de Bristol is offering a French course in cookery starting on Thursday, 3rd February in Clifton.The course is run by one of our French tutors who is also a chef. People taking part will be able to prepare delicious French dishes under the...
by Alliance Française | Jan 15, 2011 | Blog
A group of students following a French course with Alliance Française de Bristol ate la galette last Thursday and here is our queen: la reine. She found la fève just as she started eating her portion.To read more about this French custom, read the previous...
by Alliance Française | Jan 12, 2011 | Blog
On 6th January for epiphany ( l’épiphanie), the French eat a cake called une galette which is made of puff pastry with butter ( that’s a must!!) with marzipan ( de la frangipane ) in the middle. A broad bean ( une fève) used to be hidden in it, now it is a...
by Alliance Française | Jan 3, 2011 | Blog
The French custom is to send New Year cards ( cartes de vœux) up to the last day in January. A typical phrase is: Meilleurs vœux pour une bonne et heureuse année ( best wishes for a happy New Year). This is also what people say to each other at midnight ( minuit) on...
by Alliance Française | Dec 23, 2010 | Blog
A group of students taking French lessons on a Tuesday morning has been following the French news this term: strikes ( les grèves) about retirement age ( la retraite), the new expensive plane ( l’avion privé) for Nicolas Sarkozy, the Woerth/ Bettencourt...
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