After what has felt like the rainiest Spring ever, the sun is finally out and the weather people are promising it will stay this way for a couple more days. Here’s some ideas to help you plan your weekend in Paris (and work on your French). The Rose Garden at the Parc de Bagatelle: After […]
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It is fun, practical, and easy to see Paris by bike! Click to learn new French vocab! Can you write the words you hear in French? Vélib’ is the biggest public bicycle sharing system in the world. Run by the Paris Town Hall since 2007, the system has over 20,000 bikes at 1,800 stations around
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Great places to take teens visiting Paris! We’re sure even the most sulky teenager would have fun practicing French while “breathing in chocolate.” Here’s a few addresses to save for visiting Paris with a teenager. Have you heard about these prepaid SIM cards specifically for non-French speaking tourists? Now you have no excuse for not
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Did you know you could be watching the Roland Garros Tennis Grand Slam in the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville? From today, May 30th until Sunday, June 9th between 12pm and 7pm the matches will be projected on giant screens in the Paris 4th. Watch the best matches for free while still
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You have a hardly used copy of the Bescherelle (or another verb conjugation book) sitting on your bookshelf and you keep promised yourself, tomorrow I will study those French verbs seriously. We know it is hard to be motivated by the imparfait or future simple, but it is important to do. To help motivate you,
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Reading French books is a wonderful way to improve your French and to begin to understand the culture.  While reading Les Misérables or Les Plaisirs et les Jours in the original French is a noble undertaking, there are other classics that may be easier to start with first. Whether you are beginning to learn French
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Location: The borders of the neighborhood are the boulevard Auguste-Blanqui in the north, the rue Bobillot in the east, the rue Tolbiac in the south, and the rue Vergniaud in the west. Public transportation: The Place d’Italie metro station on line 5, 6, and 7. Website: www.butteauxcailles.com The Butte-aux-Cailles in the Paris 13th arrondissement literally
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