May 30, 2015 archive

A Touchstone (for me, at least) in Paris

Four years ago we were walking around Rue Francois Miron and happened upon an organ concert in St. Gervais Church. While we were listening to the concert, I noticed that some of the stained-glass windows looked way too modern for such an old church. A trip to Google revealed the answer: The church was bombed …

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A French Alliteration

The letter R in French poses a problem for English-speaking learners. It sounds more like a gargle than the rolled R of Spanish. So we saw this delivery truck bringing supplies to the café downstairs, and I immediately thought of our French class. The name on the truck is François Frites Fraîches. French fries (frites …

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