by Alliance Française | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog
Le pet de nonne or le beignet goes back to the Renaissance period. Different stories are told about the origin of the name but, in any case une nonne is a nun and pets de nonne were first of all cooked by nuns in Franche Comté ( east of France) for instance. Iza, our...
by Alliance Française | Mar 5, 2019 | Announcements, Events, Les +
All our students are invited to take part: Hello! Bonjour! Vive la Francophonie Quiz is back! The Institut français du Royaume-Uni, in collaboration with Francophonie UK, is pleased to offer a quiz during the Semaine de la Francophonie 2019 to celebrate the French...
by Alliance Française | Feb 8, 2019 | Announcements, Blog
Paul, a student learning French in Bristol in Audrey’s class, has prepared the following text talking about this famous Paris bar: Le Harry’s Bar est un bar célèbre situé entre l’avenue de l’Opéra et la rue de la Paix. Il a été créé en 1911 par un jockey...
by Alliance Française | Jan 12, 2019 | Blog
It is already four years ago on 7th January 2015 that the terrorist attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo took place. This tragic event touched the whole nation, there was a huge and peaceful walk the following Sunday in Paris. You may remember the slogan...
by Alliance Française | Dec 19, 2018 | Blog
Every year, students learning French with our experienced and native teacher Martine write an entertaining and witty scene about Mère Noël: JINGLE Mère Noël : Bonjour M le Facteur. Nous voici encore une fois. Le Facteur : Je suis heureux de vous revoir. MN : Il me...
by Alliance Française | Dec 14, 2018 | Blog
Steve, who learns French with Martine in Alliance Française de Bristol, has written this wonderful anecdote about his time in France: Le Cigare de Havane (passé composé imparfaitement) Un jour de canicule, je me suis trouvé dans une ville que je connaissais peu....
by Alliance Française | Oct 24, 2018 | Announcements, Blog
Follow our French teacher Isabelle and her group on their visit: Just a few days and it’s All Saints’ Day (La Toussaint) and what better topic to pick than the largest Parisian park and cemetery! Last summer, during my last visit to Paris with a group of students...
by Alliance Française | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog
Have you heard of L’atelier des lumières dans le 11ème arrondissement de Paris ? It opened last April in the premises of an old foundry which had been left unoccupied for several years. In 2013, Bruno Monnier, Président de Culturespaces, discovered the site, he was...
by Alliance Française | Oct 4, 2018 | Blog
Each year, two of our students applying for the Prix de la ville de Bordeaux are selected to go to Bordeaux for two weeks, take lessons with Alliance Française de Bordeaux and stay with a French host. Read one of the laureate’s experience from this year, Steve:...
by Alliance Française | Aug 16, 2018 | Events
Spend an evening speaking French playing this very popular French game: Les Loups Garous de Thierceleux (The werewolves of Millers Hollow) is a fun social game that can be played with 8 to 18 people or more. It takes place in a small village haunted by Loups Garous...
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