Tag: Franceday11

  • Comment allez-vous?

    June 24: Rouen Rouen is the capital of Normandy and lies along the river Seine about 125 km from Paris.  It has a population of around 120,000 and was a major textile area in the past.   It’s often called the city of a hundred spires, because of its dense concentration of historic buildings and churches . Rouen’s  history stretches…

  • Sara and Robyn say “Bonjour”

    June 28: Biot Today started with the customary french breakfast, as well as some French lessons from Nicky. (Sally, is there anything you recognise on the table? Funny, I used Nicky’s downstairs toilet yesterday, and lo and behold, the soap container was a little cat plate that you picked up for Nicky at that underground…