Just after Christmas, when you have really had enough of eating lots of rich and fattening foods, we then have the traditionally Galette de Roi celebrations (or the cake of the King’s). It’s a lovely tradition, but not when you are trying to get back on the straight and narrow with your New Year diet [...]
La Fabrique is a fab, new experiemental art and music venue in Nantes where local, national and international artists, production teams and support and promotion agencies can pool their creative talents. 5 Nantes-based Associations: L’Olympic, Trempolino, Mire, APO33 and Microfaune worked on this project with Nantes City Council. The Olympic Concert Hall will now be based here, [...]
We had a lovely evening at our Knowing Nantes Pot Luck Apero after worrying about the weather all day! The sunshine came out and it was warm in the green area surrounding the Square Elisa Mercoeur in Nantes (with the famous plastic doll fountain). We all brought along a drink and something to eat to [...]
Found on Francophilia… Old French Fairy Tales by la Comtesse de Ségur are available on this website… Look to the left and you’ll notice you can download a PDF of the whole book. “A wonderful book with 5 timeless French fairy tales magnificently illustrated with 8 beautiful and dramatic full page color and many black and [...]