Today, find out why my daughter was at the hairdresser's when she should've been on her way to FINAL EXAMS! Note: After today's post this journal will go on break thru February 8th. TODAY'S WORD: BIEN JOUÉ : well done!, good job!, way to go! : well played A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi Espinasse I really want to learn … Continue reading Bien Joué! Why Jackie is leaving Lyon
Fall colors in France's 3rd largest city, Lyon, where our croisière fluviale docked on the last day of the AMA Waterways river cruise. If you dream of traveling the French canals, please do me a favor by contacting my best friend, Susan, for details of our Rhône river trip. Her email is Susan@CriticsChoiceVacations.com or call her at 480-831-9076. Today's word: plein d'entrainIn the category of French words I often hear but … Continue reading plein d’entrain
In a spur-of-the-moment decision, I chose this picture (taken in our former hometown of Les Arcs-sur-Argens) for today's post. I noticed, only afterwards, how serendipidous it was for one of the socks to be posed "au pied levé, or "foot on the rise". au pied levé (oh-pyay-leuh-vay) : impromptu, spur-of-the-moment (literally, a decision made "in mid-step", or au pied levé) Audio File: Listen … Continue reading au pied leve
