Mark developed a love for baguette and choco biscuits, he loves checking out clothing stores, he plays at the Château and around fontaines…
Posts tagged French Culture
Life Gets Complicated If You Don’t Speak English in Canada
If you immigrate with other family members or if you are considering sponsoring relatives, make sure they are up to the linguistic challenge.
This is Why Stereotypes Are Fun in Our Multicultural Household
Stereotypes can be used because it’s so damn convenient when unpredictable human beings fit into little boxes, properly labelled. They are broad generalizations, and they are sometime true. But as long as you don’t treat stereotypes as iron-clad laws that apply to every single person, I don’t see why we should pretend they don’t exist.
10 Neologisms You Didn’t Know You Needed as a Parent
I’m not sure how many words there are in English, but after having a quick meeting with myself, we decided that whatever the magic number was, it was not enough.
The Best French Pastries Found in Bakeries and Pâtisseries
There are several famous and fancy pâtissiers in Nantes, such as Debotté or Carli.
This is What “BZH” Means in Brittany and in Nantes
People in Nantes are used to seeing cryptic signs all over the city, such as “BZH = 44” or Gwenn ha Du.