Beauvais Airport (BVA) is the third and smallest international airport serving Paris (the other two being Charles de Gaulle and Orly). You won’t land there if you’re flying from North America (or anywhere outside of Europe or Morocco), but if Paris is a secondary destination and if you plan to travel within Europe, you may [...]
More »On January 26th, director Tim Burton was announced as the President of the Jury for the 63rd Festival de Cannes in 2010. He will be just one of hundreds of thousands of film industry professionals and cinema fans who will flock to the beautiful French Riviera city to take part in the festival from May [...]
More »Orly is one of three international airports in Paris (and its environs), the other two being Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais. Beavais is the furthest from Paris, and does not serve flights arriving from North America. (It is a very small airport that is mainly used for Ryanair flights within Europe, but more on that [...]
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As in many other countries in the world, Easter is a holiday observed in France by both religious and non-religious people. France is still a largely Catholic country, and even those who don’t regularly attend mass throughout the year will go to church on Easter Suday, or Pâques.
Many [...]
I know, I know, April Fools‘ Day was last week, but the French version is just too funny not to mention.
In France, April Fools’ Day is known as poisson d’avril, or the fish of April.
Where we’re more apt to employ whoopi cushions and plastic spiders, French youth have a different tradition: schoolchildren will stick a [...]
Anne has studied and spoken French for over a decade and has lived in both France and Francophone Cameroon. She strives to write lessons that reflect her real experiences and represent the way people really speak.
