Harry’s Bar à Paris

Harry’s Bar à Paris

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...
A poetic anecdote

A poetic anecdote

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....
Balade au Père Lachaise

Balade au Père Lachaise

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...
L’Atelier des Lumières

L’Atelier des Lumières

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...
Visite à la Fondation Vuitton

Visite à la Fondation Vuitton

Have you ever been to La Fondation Louis Vuitton in le bois de Boulogne in Paris? If you haven’t, it’s a must (c’est incontournable)! Bernard Arnaud, president of the group LVMH Moët Hennessy-Louis Vuitton had a vision which he shared ( qu’il partageait) with the...
Savez vous ce qu’est un pythonisse?

Savez vous ce qu’est un pythonisse?

Students learning French with us in Bristol have been playing the dictionary game (le jeu du dictionnaire). It is a bluffing game: the game master decides on an unusual French word which will probably unknown to all the players. For example, Audrey, one of our...
Vive les vacances!

Vive les vacances!

Holidays… We look forward to them all year (il nous tarde qu’elles soient là toute l’année)! Here is some essential vocabulary for preparing for your holidays, in France or elsewhere. You will start by looking up the place you are going to (faire des...