by admin | Oct 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
In France La Toussaint is a Christian celebration that takes place on Nov 1st and is a bank holiday. While this is traditionally the day where you celebrate all saints, for many it’s the occasion to remember the dead and to take chrysanthemums to cemeteries. ...
by admin | Oct 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
The celebration of Halloween occurs annually on the evening of 31st October. It is less commonly known as All Hallows Eve or All Saint’s Eve. November 1st is the Christian Feast of All Hallow’s Day What does it mean? The tradition of Halloween is older than...
by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
September in France isn’t just about the kids going back to school. It’s known as, ‘La Rentrée ‘ and signifies the return to normality and routine after a period of holiday. However, there are lots of things happening in France in September that you may not know...
by admin | Sep 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
La rentrée – what does it mean? ‘La rentrée’ literally means the return. It signifies that the long summer holidays have come to an end and that its’ time to return to work, to school, to the office and to normal life and routine. Yeah, that’s the same for us...
by admin | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
Something borrowed….. The English language has a very rich vocabulary. Many of these are ‘loan words’ This means that a word is adopted from one language and incorporated into another language without translation. This is in contrast to ‘cognates’ which are words in...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
There are so many ways to learn a language. The most extreme way is to go and live in the country of the language you want to learn. I did this when I was 24. I went to Barcelona, following in the footsteps of a good friend who seemed to be having such a good time out...
