by Alliance Française | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog
They gave us a wonderful concert which we will remember for a long time.They did sing A Paris and here is another example of what another student in Véronique’s French class made of the song, this time with Oxford:Images d’OxfordL’automne est...
by Alliance Française | Nov 8, 2015 | Blog
Jacques, who plays the accordeon, and Corinne, his wife who sings, are back for Alliance Française students but in Bath this year.They were so much enjoyed last year in Bristol that we had to ask them back! Jacques plays and composes too so this time round we will...
by Alliance Française | Nov 1, 2015 | Blog
Les dames pipi are the ladies who look after the public loos in France. Last Summer in Paris les dames pipi had a rough time as the loos where some of them have been working for years were sold by La ville de Paris to a Dutch company which decided not to carry on...
by Alliance Française | Oct 24, 2015 | Blog
Alliance Française de Bristol will be showing Lulu femme nue directed by Solveig Anspach with Karin Viard and Bouli Lanners.The film is based on the BD ( la bande-dessinée) of the same title by Etienne Davodeau.After a disastrous job interview, Lulu...
by Alliance Française | Oct 18, 2015 | Blog
Le club de lecture is starting this Autumn ( on Thursday, 22nd October) with Marguerite Duras, Hiroshima mon amour.In fact, Hiroshima mon amour is first of all the script of a film that Alain Resnais wanted to make at the end of the fifties. He wanted a story on the...
by Alliance Française | Oct 11, 2015 | Blog
Or in French la coupe du monde de rugby, but did you know that it started in 1987 and that it is the 8th world cup ( la huitième édition)?It happens every 4 years ( tous les quatre ans), this year it is taking place in England ( en Angleterre) and in Wales ( au...
by Alliance Française | Oct 4, 2015 | Blog
October is following on with lovely weather here in Bristol, with fog ( du brouillard ) in the morning and then beautiful sunshine ( un soleil magnifique) the rest of the day with bright red sunsets ( des couchers de soleil rouge vif ) but the temperatures are...
by Alliance Française | Sep 27, 2015 | Blog
This is what Audrey, French teacher with Alliance Française de Bristol, asked her students who were following the Summer French intensive course: so many events to choose from, the list is frighteningly long!!! A little sense of humour ( un peu de sens de...
by Alliance Française | Sep 20, 2015 | Blog
We were talking about it in Bristol last week when we had our pétanque evening with our French tutors and students.The most famous scene in the film Fanny, created by Marcel Pagnol is la partie de boules. A tram arrives in the village but the pétanque players are...
by Alliance Française | Sep 13, 2015 | Blog
On Tuesday, 22nd September at 6.30pm, with Isa, French tutor and chef, for more info…Isa has been running these French workshops for several years and they are always very popular.She does not just show you how to cook a dish but you prepare it yourself under...
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