The French Cuisine Festival – Bon Appétit! Previous Next En Anglais SVP ! 🧐 FOCUS ON : The French Cuisine Festival. Yum! 😜🍽 Every year in September, this event celebrates French flavours and gastronomy. The French Cuisine Festival was created in 2011 by the Ministry of the Economy following UNESCO’s decision to list « Gastronomic […]
Mont-Blanc – the mountain, not the pen! Photo credits: @chamonixmontblanchttps://en.chamonix.com/ En Anglais SVP ! Mont-Blanc, not the pen. The mountain! 🧐 FOCUS ON: Le Mont-Blanc / Ultra-Trail of Mont-Blanc (UTMB) 😮 The Mont-Blanc, also called « the roof of Europe », is a true icon and the birthplace of mountaineering. It culminates at 4,810m (height revised […]
The International Pyrotechnic Art Festival of Cannes! En Anglais SVP ! SPECTACULAR! 🧐 FOCUS ON : The International Pyrotechnic Art Festival of Cannes ! 😃 Since 1998, in July and August, Cannes and its famous « Croisette » have welcomed the world’s greatest pyrotechnists for the Annual International Pyrotechnics Art Festival. During this unique festival, […]
Stronger, Higher, Faster… | Plus Fort, Plus Haut, Plus Vite… En Anglais SVP ! STRONGER, HIGHER, FASTER… 😃 What may sound like a song from Daft Punk (“Harder, better, faster”, 2001), is actually a quote from the founder of the modern Olympic Games. 🧐 DID YOU KNOW…Pierre de Coubertin of France (1863-1937), historian, educationalist and […]
🎻 Music Under the Stars in Menton (France)! En Anglais SVP ! 🎻 MUSIC UNDER THE STARS IN MENTON (FRANCE) ! 🧐 FOCUS ON : Menton Festival of Music. Welcome to the forecourt of the Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel, in Menton, where the beauty and magic of this unique setting is combined with […]
🎭 To Be or Not To Be… in Avignon for the Festival? En Anglais SVP ! 🧐 FOCUS ON: The “Avignon Festival”.Founded in 1947, it is one of the biggest international contemporary live performance events. Every year in July, « La Cité des Pâpes » (Avignon is nicknamed “the Popes’ City”) becomes a giant theatre […]
🎬 “Monsters” at the 74th Festival de Cannes Cinema Awards. En Anglais SVP ! « Titane » directed by Julia Ducournau, featuring Vincent Lindon and Agathe Rousselle. 🏆 Winner of « La Palme d’or » 2021. The award was presented by Sharon Stone and Spike Lee.Julia Ducournau said : « There is so much beauty […]
Tour de France = 🍔 X 182 !!! En Anglais SVP ! 😃 FUN FACT: The average cyclist 🚴♂ can burn about 4000 to 5000 calories during each stage of the Tour de France. For the entire race, calories burnt can exceed 100 000 over 21 stages… which is equivalent of 182 Big Mac… 🍔🍔🍔 […]
