La mère Noël should have been with us but……

Unfortunately, La mère Noël broke her right arm ( elle s’est cassée le bras droit) in Liverpool and could not be back for her usual chat with le facteur. So, Martine, the French teacher in the Tuesday morning French class, had to take over the part of La mère...

Have you bought your Christmas tree yet?

After all we are now in December! I went to a nursery ( une pépinière)  this morning, naively thinking that I could still buy some Winter pansies ( des pensées d’hiver) for the garden, (I have been a bit late with my gardening this year!) only to find rows...

What about reading some unusual recipes?

Martine’s Tuesday evening French class learnt how to write recipes using the imperative or the infinitive, Martine suggested it would be fun to write out recipes to describe jobs. Here are some examples: Comment faire un footballeur professionnel – une...