New Arrivals at Bill & Rosa’s Book Room – English Books Paris
Each week in the Book Room online, we recommend newly published English books we love. We also present some in French or bilingual, for kids or adults, fiction or non.…
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To Mask or not to Mask that is the question
We used to wear masks over our eyes for theatre, play, to sleep or perfidity, now we’ve got them on our mouths and noses for… protection. Whether the throw-away kind…
Why do you call it a canicule?
Word etymologies are great fun. Here’s a few pertinent ones. Canicule Usually this French word is translated to English as heatwave, but a more picturesque and almost literal translation would…
The Saints on the map of Paris
Whether you walk across Paris or look at the metro or street map, you often see places named after a Saint. Such familiar names as St Genevieve, St Denis, St…
Villepreux a microcosm of French history
During the confinement we had a lot of time to walk around our town, Villepreux, 11,000 people situated in the Yvelines department west of Paris. A usually quiet, non-descript town,…
Having a baby in France (part 1)
Following our previous article about being pregnant in France, here are two more articles with some great books, applications and products that could be useful for you after having a…