Call of the Pyrénées: unveiling the intrigue and magic #1
An insider series that is stacked with intriguing facts and enticing reasons for visiting the Pyrénées.
An insider series that is stacked with intriguing facts and enticing reasons for visiting the Pyrénées.
Don't be the turkey this year! I overheard some great advice on spending Christmas in France
The easy way out is to hope & pray that none of this leads back to the yellow badges of Carcassonne and WWII
A tale of 2 world conferences 100 years apart — and 2 pandemics that went with them.
If fluency in French is no longer the sharp-tipped arrow in the quiver of career opportunities... it has the soft power of being very chic for a foreigner to speak.
English has gradually expanded on every continent & French is definitely falling behind in the race - how will it fare on the home straight?
Afghanistan: on 15 August, the Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban seized Kabul. The jihadists are back in town.
Josephine Baker - Back in France, everything changed when World War II broke out in 1939.
Josephine Baker at only 19 sailed to Paris on a new venture and opened in 'La Revue Nègre' at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
The trouble with French is ... it’s so hard to learn. Even Napoleon couldn’t speak it. Not very well, anyway. Poor old Napoleon...