Difficulty: Beginner
France
Talk about service: a hospital in Nantes has devoted an entire department to making sure deaf patients receive the same medical attention as everyone else. Of course, all of its medical workers are fully proficient in French Sign Language. Did you know that most languages of the world also have their own sign language?
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Play with Nathalie and Guillaume and try to find out the answers to these riddles.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nils shows us around ho36, a lovely youth hostel in Avignon. It has a wide range of accommodations and also offers a complete breakfast.
Difficulty: Newbie
France
At a demonstration of immigrants and homeless people in Paris, this woman sings a catchy little tune that shows her sentiments toward President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Adonis sings us a song about protecting the environment, with a little help from his cat! Listen closely and you'll see why he's right to tell you not to do everything he does.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Oldelaf (Olivier Delafosse) makes a comeback after ten years with a new whimsical song. He much prefers animals to a certain lady. No, it's not his ex-girlfriend. We'll give you a hint: She succeeded her father as president of Le Rassemblement national (RN) party. (Oldelaf must be glad that's all she's president of!)
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Oldelaf bares his soul in his song "La Tristitude," a portmanteau that combines tristesse (sadness) and attitude (and a little solitude). We might call it "saditude." Listen to his lyrics and you'll surely recognize it. Ça fait mal!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Come meet the owner of the bistro Parigot (French slang for “Parisian”). This charming restaurant is a French oasis at the intersection of Manhattan’s Chinatown/Little Italy and Soho districts.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
If you're looking for your next vacation spot, you might want to consider the beautiful Côte d'Azur, also known as the French Riviera. Whether you're into swimming, sailing, scuba diving, or just basking in la vie balnéaire (the seaside life), you'll find everything you need along France's "azure coast."
Difficulty: Beginner
France
In the second installment of this video on the Côte d'Azur, our tour guide shows us around one of the area's beautiful pebble beaches, which are a favorite of the locals but not very well-known to tourists. In addition to providing endless ammunition for skipping stones on the sea, the pebbles also help break up the waves during heavy storms.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Piggeldy and his big brother Frédéric are out and about again, discovering and learning about the world. This time they set out to find where the sky begins.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Piggeldy and Frédéric take a stroll across a field. Frédéric teaches his little brother about the concept of "tidying up."
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Enjoy another walk through the fields with pig brothers Piggeldy and Frédéric. This time Piggeldy wants to know what a letter is.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Piggeldy asks his big brother Frédéric what rain is. According to Frédéric, there are ten types of rain, but Piggeldy tells him he's missing one.
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