TOUR DE FRANCE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

The Christmas season is fast approaching and with it some beautiful lights displays. We select for you some of the best Christmas lights displays in France this year.  1- Aix-en-Provence 2- Montpellier   3- Nimes   4- Strasbourg 5- Toulouse 6- Paris 7- Clermont-Ferrand 8- Colmar 9- Bordeaux 10- Montbelliard → Like to learn French and have fun doing…

AMAZING PHOTOS OF FRANCE’S TIDE OF THE CENTURY

Last week-end, French people have witnessed a combination of incredible astronomical events. The 20th of March, a total Sun eclipse greeted the Spring Equinox, visible from everywhere in France. Then on the 21st, thousands gathered along the French coast to witness the “tides of the century” with tidal coefficients of 119 (this event actually occurs every 18 years). The…

Postcard from Salon de Provence

La Provence, cultural région of the South-East of France, is after Paris, the most visited place in France.  Often associated with the movies Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, endless fields of lavender and olive trees, picturesque villages and towns such as Aix en Provence, Avignon and Arles, Provence has been the home and…

Postcard from Pau

Pau, (pronounced Poe), capital of the Bearn region, has a dream location: a couple of hours away (with the highway) from Bordeaux and Toulouse, the biggest towns of the South-West region, 1h30 away for the Atlantic Coast and the resort town of Biarritz and a little hour from the Pyrenees numerous valleys and the Spanish…