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Surfing the French Radio Waves Part 1 Posted by Hichem on Jan 19, 2011
Vous allez en prendre plein les oreilles ! (You’ll have an earful!) Comme toujours (As always) the French Blog never shies away from providing you with original and sure-to-work tips in order to learn and improve your own level of français ! One of those suggested tips describe in detail how to “Meet your French…
Éclipse lunaire (Moon Eclipse) et Solstice d’hiver (Winter Solstice) Posted by Hichem on Dec 22, 2010
Pendant que j’écris ces lignes (While I am writing these lines), two natural phenomenons are occurring in the same time dans notre ciel (in our sky), and the last time this cosmic coincidence happened, it was almost 400 years ago! Back then, Europe was still plunged into the so-called Guerre de Trente ans(Thirty Years’ War); there was…
L’Homme au Masque de Fer Posted by Hichem on Jun 3, 2010
Today, we will evoke une énigme de l’histoire de France, and it is not related to a fiction character (fans of “Iron Man”, désolé, but stick around nevertheless.) Usually, les secrets d’états (state secrets) take a few decades before they are divulgués (divulged) to le public, but it seems that some secrets are never really meant to be unveiled…