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Midi en France - En balade à Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Hélène is an expert on the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a favorite of French heads of state from Francis I to Napoleon III. Come explore this magnificent green space with her.

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Voyage dans Paris - Butte Montmartre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Butte Montmartre is a famous Parisian tourist hot spot, much of it filled with teeming crowds of camera-happy visitors. But if you take a look down some of the side streets and back alleys, you may be surprised by all the magnificent sights to be seen.

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le parc des Buttes Chaumont

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion walks us through the Buttes Chaumont, a former limestone quarry transformed into a magnificent park, complete with an artificial lake, a grotto, dramatic cliffs, and even a Roman-style temple. On a more tragic note, the park is also home to a bridge that the poet Louis Aragon once called a "mecca for suicides." Luckily, the bridge is now protected by a wire fence.

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Sophie et Patrice - Les vacances sont finies

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie reminisce about their summer vacation. They both feel refreshed and are very pleased.

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Caption 38 [en]: Ah, the village. Magnificent.
Caption 38 [fr]: Ah le village. Magnifique.

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Sophie et Patrice - Square parisien

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation in one of the many little parks that dot the Paris landscape.

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Caption 51 [en]: Yes, that one's magnificent.
Caption 51 [fr]: Oui, il est magnifique celui-là.

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Lionel - Le Musée du sabotier - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In the final episode of this series on the Clog Maker's Museum, you'll see many kinds of clogs from all over Europe, including clogs for babies!

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Caption 51 [en]: We're going to leave... this magnificent place
Caption 51 [fr]: Nous allons quitter... cet endroit magnifique

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Sophie et Patrice - Paris, c'est gris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice share their impressions of Paris under a gray sky. They say that the multiple shades of gray make Paris all the more beautiful. Even the old buildings blackened by years of grime add texture and beauty, but they concede that a good clean-up is sometimes necessary.

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Caption 17 [en]: It's magnificent, yeah, it's true. -Yeah. But gray, uh...
Caption 17 [fr]: C'est magnifique, ouais, c'est vrai. -Ouais. Mais gris, euh...

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Nader Fakhry - Les tortues dans vos assiettes, c'est fini ! - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire

Now that Ivory Coast is enjoying its first marine protected area, the seabed and sea creatures like turtles and stingrays have a chance to recover from human onslaught. And what better custodians of the sea than former poachers turned antipoaching rangers?

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Caption 6 [en]: As in this magnificent voluntary reserve of Ladodo,
Caption 6 [fr]: Comme dans cette magnifique réserve volontaire de Ladodo,

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 77 [en]: on a... a magnificent machine.
Caption 77 [fr]: sur une... une machine magnifique.

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Cap 24 - Paris 2ème : Alessandro joue le Pique-assiette!

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Alessandro becomes a pique-assiette (freeloader, literally "plate-stealer") for a day with his friend Marc Antoine who takes him to rue Montorgueil in the second arrondissement of Paris. What's the big attraction? Friendly shopkeepers give out free food and wine samples daily.

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Caption 21 [en]: Super nice, super tapenades, magnificent crushed tomato spreads...
Caption 21 [fr]: Super sympa, des super tapenades, des écrasés de tomates magnifiques...

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