When thinking about France, the first thing that comes to mind for someone who isn’t French is, surely, cheese and wine. Yes, France is an incredibly popular country for its reputation: we all enjoy hundreds of types of cheeses and excellent wine (as I’ve been…

“Do you eat apples of the Earth?”, “You should wear a knot butterfly at the wedding”, “My grandma’s house has two beautiful ox’s eyes”, “I have an irrational fear of bald-mice.” are all perfectly understandable sentences for someone who speaks French. Translated into English, however, the…

When I was learning English at school, I remember thinking that two hours a week would never be enough to allow me speak the language fluently. So I decided to start practicing on my own, and one of the easiest (and, let’s be honest, best)…