This is a genuine Guimard metro entrance but it is not in Paris.     Can you guess where this picture was taken? The answer is in the comment section.   ...

"On the 9th May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal for the creation of an organised Europe. This proposal, known as the “Schuman Declaration”, is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is...

Try these questions from the Reader's Digest quiz. Click on the picture below to start.

How well do you know your Europeen capitals, the flags of Europeen countries etc... Try these geography quizzes to find out what you know. Click on the picture below to start.

I've just downloaded a new widget on my desktop : Big Ben ! (Widgets are tiny applications that live on your desktop) Listen ! Can you hear it chime ? No ? I can hear it chime every 15 minutes (if I...

  I have cystic fibrosis.   It’s a hereditary disease which affects mainly the pancreas and the lung. I am small because  the pancreas is affected and it does not allow a normal...

"On the 9th May 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal for the creation of an organised Europe. This proposal, known as the “Schuman Declaration”, is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is...

Try these questions from the Reader's Digest quiz. Click on the picture below to start.

How well do you know your Europeen capitals, the flags of Europeen countries etc... Try these geography quizzes to find out what you know. Click on the picture below to start.

I've just downloaded a new widget on my desktop : Big Ben ! (Widgets are tiny applications that live on your desktop) Listen ! Can you hear it chime ? No ? I can hear it chime every 15 minutes (if I...

Listen to the poem and fill in the blanks. As usual, click on the picture to enter the site. To know more about Ee Cummings, click on his photo.    

Here is an amusing card from SeaFrance. SeaFrance is the only French ferry operator on the Calais Dover route and currently has a fleet of 6 ships and carries out 46 daily crossings, 30 of which are tourism sailings. And remember :...

We are very lucky this year ! We've got an English boy, David, in our class. Actually, he is both French and English. His mum is English and his dad is French. His grandparents -on his mother's side- live in the South-West of England,...

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British author Doris Lessing has been awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. Click on the photo and watch the video of the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Literature by Professor Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary...

"Keyboards harbour harmful bacteria Which? Computing tests reveal bugs   Some keyboards carry more harmful bacteria than a toilet seat, Which? Computing...

This is a genuine Guimard metro entrance but it is not in Paris.     Can you guess where this picture was taken? The answer is in the comment section.   ...

Miscellaneous Summary Presentation of the blog Beauty - Fashion 2008 Cesar Fashion Review Paper Dresses Grace Kelly Art ...

The César are the French equivalent of the Academy Awards. This year, the ceremony was held in Paris on february 22th. This was an occasion to see some nice gowns and some disastrous outfits. Here are two outfits I like: ...

The metro entrances are typical part of Paris street furniture (like Wallace fountains). In 1899, the Compagnie du Métropolitain de Paris asks Hector Guimard to design different entrances to the metro : small stations, enclosed...