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mbimpa-blog · 11 years
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Etiquette For French Business
Are you working or doing business in France?
Besides the need to know French (here’s how) you need to understand the French business etiquette to survive.
Professional protocol is serious business in France. Sometimes, French protocol can be significantly…
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Paris Hotels With Personalities And Sane Prices
Learnt your French (here’s help) and itching to use it?
Fly to Paris!
Here’s some good hotels for your consideration if you don’t want to afford the fleecing:
Hotel Eldorado (Doubles: €58-85):Located in the artsy and diverse Batignolles neighborhood near…
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Slimming, French Style
Have you ever wonder in the gastronomic wonderland called France, why are the people so slim?
This is the French Paradox. You can undergo slimming programs for whatever it cost. The French? They don’t need them. They. Simply. Don’t. Grow. Fat. (more…)
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How To Swear In French
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Swearing. I believe that’s one of the most enjoyable part of a language and culture.
If you are learning French. I don’t think you should miss out on what I am about to show you. Yes, they are somewhat obscene too .
bête comme ses pieds!– “as…
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La Tour Eiffel
La Tour Eiffel
The Eiffel Tower still casts an awesome visual galore to the locals and visitors alike today. The gigantic iron lattice structure was erected in 1889 and was named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. It was…
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10 Ways To Look Like A Parisian In Paris
Learn your French yet? No? You better! Here’s how. And when you are ready, you are ready to look like a real Parisian: (more…)
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Care For Some Equine?
In the market near Bastille in Paris, on a cold frosty morning, a long queue is already forming at the horse butcher store. As you join the growing queue, the old lady who is in front of you turns around and greet you warmly.
“Horse steak, quickly seared…
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The Way of The French People
Here’s some more Fast Facts For Fast Times…
It goes well with Learning French and a Glass of Wine… (more…)
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France's Fun Facts II
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More Fun Facts From France For Friends! (more…)
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France's Fun Facts I
Hi y’all,
Here’s some fun facts about France and French. Perhaps they are motivations for you to learn French. (more…)
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Snails
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Escargot. Land snails. Nobody eats them like the French.
Escargot are usually served as an appetizer in France and French restaurants. Ah, but here’s the caveat: Not all species of land snails are edible. Many are just too small to worth the effort of…
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Paris Metro
The MĂ©tro de Paris is the rapid transit system in Paris, France. It is one of the densest Metro networks in the world with 245 stations in the 86.9km square area of the city.
There are 14 main metro lines and 2 minor lines with interconnections to…
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The Haunting of The Brissac Castle
Château de Brissac is also quite haunted.
As you walk down the halls of this tallest castle in the commune of Brissac-Quincé, a shroud of mysterious loom seems to descend upon you despite its splendor and grandiose. The antiques and ornate, the lavish…
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The Catacombs of Paris
The Catacombs of Paris (or l’Ossuaire Municipal) was created at the end of the 18th century. The cemetery of Innocents (close to Saint-Eustace, in the district of the “Halles”) was used for nearly 10 centuries and was subjected to overcrowding. Improperly…
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French's Fast Food
Croissant, who doesn’t know the buttery flaky viennoiserie bread roll named after its crescent shape?
Like all viennoiserie, croissants are made of multi-layered dough leavened by yeast. The dough itself is stacked with butter, rolled and folded over…
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Mont Saint Michel
Mont St-Michel is a rocky tidal island of 247 acres in size. It is located approximately 1km off the France’s northwestern coast and a commune in Normandy.
Once known as “Mount in Peril from the Sea” because in the medieval era, many pilgrims were drowned…
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The Verdon Gorge
You will find Gorges du Verdon (The Verdon Gorge, in English) in the south-eastern France (Alps-de-Haute-Provence), about 16 km from the village of Aups.
The Gorge is the Europe’s greener answer to the Grand Canyon.
Measuring at the vantage point of…
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