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We moved into an abandoned railway station in Alsace (opens the original)
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'Our aim is to preserve the building’s heritage in all the renovations that we undertake' Half an hour west of Strasbourg sits the town of Wasselonne, Bas-Rhin, where Alexandra and Patrice Brault, both 48, live in a former railway station with their three children. The couple, from the west of France, had moved to Alsace for work. Alexandra had often admired the old building while out walking and had fantasised about what it would feel like to live in such a place. “Then, one morning in 2018, I
Different ways of using de in French (opens the original)
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Using de with an adjective feels strange to English-speakers Have you ever changed your mind in French? If you have, you would have changed ‘of’ mind without any possessive (my, your, his, her, our or their), because the French expression is changer d’avis or changer d’idée. This means that if you were considering going to the cinema but you changed your mind, you would say: Je pensais aller au cinéma, mais j’ai changé d’idée. When talking about someone else, you would say: Il a changé d’avis. N
‘Condom bread’ and other false friends to avoid (opens the original)
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Faux amis or ‘false friends’ can lead to embarrassing situations Many words in French are known as faux amis or ‘false friends’ because they look like English words but mean very different things. Among the first examples learners encounter are pain (bread) and coin (corner), but there are hundreds of these misleading words. Simply using an English word with a French accent is a bad idea, as it can lead to very embarrassing mistakes. Elizabeth S. now lives in Pyrénées-Orientales, and she remembe
Alcoholism causes over 40,000 deaths a year in France (opens the original)
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307,000 patients hospitalised every year France is famous for its wine production and tradition of evening apéritifs, but alcohol addiction is the darker side of social drinking. The latest figures from OFDT (the French Observatory for Drugs and Addictive Trends) show that more than 307,000 patients are hospitalised and treated for alcohol dependence every year, and approximately 41,000 deaths each year are attributed to alcohol-related causes. Alcohol – particularly wine – has always been part
Dormillouse: discover France’s most isolated village in the Hautes-Alpes (opens the original)
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Find out how to reach this remote mountain hamlet in the Écrins National Park, what to see and why it is one of southeast France’s most unusual destinations In the Hautes-Alpes of southeast France, three hours from Grenoble, lies a mountain community that is rather unusual. Located 34km southwest of Briançon, the Freissinières Valley is home to a collection of villages and hamlets, including Dormillouse (‘dor-mee-ooze’), known as the most isolated community in France. Nestled in the spectacular
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