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The Little Prince in Paris Posted by Tim Hildreth on Feb 22, 2022
If you’re a long-time follower, you already know that one of France’s most famous contributions to the world of literature was not actually written in France. Now for the first time, the manuscript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince is making a trip to Paris. Le Petit Prince à Paris Written and first published…
French Proverbs Posted by Tim Hildreth on Sep 7, 2021
It’s September. In France, that means la rentrée. Here in the US, September is also National Library Card Sign-up Month. Les bibliothèques are amazing places where you can find all sorts of wonderful content … including, at many, access to Transparent Language’s online learning portal. Learn more here. Les proverbes français Watching the great French movie…
Let’s get moving French style Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 17, 2021
I’ve talked before about some of the ways that the French government has been focused on encouraging people to live healthy lives. As mentioned last week, this is also a concern for the Paris 2024 Olympic Committee who wants to use the upcoming games to mettre plus de sport dans le quotidien des Français. But they’re not…
So now on to Paris Posted by Tim Hildreth on Aug 10, 2021
The 2020 (2021) Olympic Games in Tokyo were good for Team France. Les Bleus ended the two weeks with a total of 33 médailles, putting l’équipe de France 8th in the overall medal rankings. But the Tokyo games are over and so now on to Paris … for 2024. France represents in Tokyo In overall medal…