Archive for July, 2011
A Very Catchy “Bric-À-Brac” (Mish-Mash) of French Vocabulary! Posted by Hichem on Jul 4, 2011
A Very Catchy “Bric-À-Brac” (Mish-Mash) of French Vocabulary! Priscilla – “Bric-À-Brac” (“Mish-Mash”) J’ai décidé I decided Mes désirs, mes idées, My desires, my ideas De les garder To keep them Comme barricadés Like barricaded Car les aider Because helping them À s’évader, à minauder, To escape, to simper M’avait désaccordée Made me out of…
Let Le Tour de France Begin! Posted by Hichem on Jul 2, 2011
Le Tour de France a commencé ! If you’re not a serious cycliste, it can be hard to get excited about watching a monthlong bike race, and it’s also sometimes hard to find the Tour on TV. Voici une solution au premier problème: Suivez le Tour de France en direct. That lien (link) should show the Tour “en…
All For One, And One For Al…exandre Dumas! Posted by Hichem on Jul 1, 2011
If you take the Paris metro these days, you’ll notice a mini-story of Alexandre Dumas, who lent his name to a station de métro ! Born in 1802, a year before the outburst of the Napoleonic Wars, the same year as Victor Hugo was born, he was the son, just like Hugo, of a Général d’Empire…