Get out of Town: Parc de Saint Cloud
Bike or run Parc de Saint Cloud and Bois de Boulogne Sometimes getting out of town means just going to the end of the metro line. There are really nice places to explore just beyond the edge of Paris. Here’s a super bike ride or run of about 10km that takes you through the Bois de Boulogne, across the Seine on the Aqueduct de l’Avre footbridge, ...
90+ Eiffel and Eiffel Tower facts – part 3
90+ Eiffel and Eiffel Tower facts Part 3 of a 3 part series Part 1 facts 1 through 35 Part 2 facts 36 through 72 « Je vais être jaloux de cette tour. Elle est plus célèbre que moi. » – Gustave Eiffel Beginning in 1997, 1000 days before turning of the millennium the Eiffel Tower began the countdown to the year 2000 when a giant fireworks display ...
Le Corsaire – Théâtre des Champs Elysées (30% discount)
Ballet du Capitole de Toulouse – Kader Belarbi TranscenDanses Le Corsaire, a major epic ballet with an oriental flavour, revisited by the choreographer Kader Berlarbi and his troupe from the Capitole in Toulouse. Ballet in two Acts, on Kader Belarbi’s synopsis, inspired of Lord Byron’s poem, The Corsair (1814) for 3 amazing nights at Le ...
Two spelling traditions: the Spelling Bee and La Dictée
Two spelling traditions: the Spelling Bee and La Dictée It is quite ironic that the most often misspelled word in English is: « misspell »! But spelling, agreeing and conjugating in French is even harder. For a thorough look at spelling history (and spelling reform, because we are indeed reforming) in French enjoy this blog post by Parisian Fields. English ...
America, nouvelle revue
AMERICA L’AMÉRIQUE COMME VOUS NE L’AVEZ JAMAIS LUE François Busnel, présentateur de La Grande Librairie (France 5) et Éric Fottorino, directeur de l’hebdomadaire le 1, s’associent pour lancer , un trimestriel original et ambitieux, disponible depuis le 22 mars en kiosque et en librairie. America racontera, chaque trimestre, l’Amérique au temps ...
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Get out of Town: Parc de Saint Cloud
90+ Eiffel and Eiffel Tower facts – part 3
Le Corsaire – Théâtre des Champs Elysées (30% discount)
Two spelling traditions: the Spelling Bee and La Dictée
