I have recently finished reading Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy and I was taken by the extent to which the French language is used throughout the story. It got me wondering: “Why?”
The 2012 French presidential election is underway. While there are ten candidates, the winner is most likely to come from two of the three higher profile candidates ... Here is a brief overview of the election process, these three candidates and their parties.
Delpy gives us discussions around the meal table, veering from frivolous to serious topics; disjointed conversations among the adults; teasing and fighting amongst the children. It never appears to follow a thread – it is just the chaos around a large family group getting together.
While in Biarritz Pierre, our contact there, insisted that we attend a tournament of one of the regional sports, ensuring us that we would not have seen anything like it before. He was right ... The sport, in its various forms, is played everywhere in the French Basque country.
I was glad I had been learning the language when we arrived for our appointment at Château d’Yquem for a guided tour of the vineyard – the tour was given totally in French... I did appreciate being able to understand enough to learn how this magnificent wine is produced.
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