Those who are following the election campaigns and presidential debates know that it’s getting to unbelievably grotesque levels, unprecedented in the history of the US. When in 1992 George Bush looked at his watch to check the time in the debate against Clinton; every expert knew that that was it for the man. It showed … Continue Reading
A “Birther” is a person who believes that Barack Obama is not a natural born US citizen and therefore is not a legitimate president!!! Wow! This theory was so absurd and unheard of, that when it started in 2008 very few people took notice of it. But there was a man who saw something in … Continue Reading
A few days ago, summer came to an end. It’s time to jot down some nice, original and EASY recipes that I often ate during this summer…
It’s really interesting to follow the NEWS and jot down the new words and phrases that are made and added to the vocabulary by the media on a daily basis!! One of these is the expression “Take a Listen” which is the same as “Listen” and is used a hundred times a day by news anchors. And right … Continue Reading
In his post, Rezâ tells us about some very useful and common uses of the phrasal verb “call in”…
A ship engine had broken down and no one could fix it. They called in one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine. So they finally brought in an old man who had been fixing ship engines since he was a youngster. The old workman inspected the … Continue Reading
It was my friend Brigitte who first told me about “Le P’tit Quinquin” many years ago. We were coming back from a walk. After doing a tour of Lille citadel, we passed by Quai du Wault and walked through Foch Dutilleul Square, and at the end of the square, where it joins Nationale Street, there … Continue Reading
In his Post, Farid tells us about his stay in Sochi on the Black Sea coast, about the city’s special climate, its beautiful scenery, Stalin’s villa there, the traffic, and all the good and bad things about the city…
This is a review of our first English Walk on Sunday 4 September 2016. We had a good time walking from Lille to Wambrechies and back, including a short pleasant stop in Wambrechies… and of course we spoke a lot of English! There were six of us (Emmanuelle, Brigitte, Agathe, Jean-Marc, Thomas and me) with … Continue Reading