Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
The Fontainebleau area offers a variety of very interesting activities. You can practice sylvotherapy (tree therapy) in the forest or visit the artist village of Barbizon, a popular destination for the Impressionists.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Meet Hundra, France's strongest woman. When not tending to the animals on her farm, she is busy training—lifting tires, sacks of animal feed, and even tractors!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Discover this gem in France's Eastern Pyrenees known as Little Canada. You'll feel close to nature and almost believe you're in the Far North!
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Canada, France
Céline Dion opens up for the first time about her illness, a rare neurological disorder known as stiff person syndrome. She reveals why she had to give up singing and tells us about her daily struggles.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Canada, France
Céline Dion shares more about her experience with stiff person syndrome. She talks about the dangers of self-medication and denial.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Canada, France
Céline's hard work and courage should enable her to come back onstage soon. Find out how she's managing to recover her iconic voice.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
The French town of Morlaix is educating its citizens on the dangerous effects of global warming and what they can do to stop it. Their first defense against climate change: an electric bike!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Breton, France
Long-time Concarneau residents take part in an unprecedented technological event. Their memories of the olden days and the town's maritime life will be filmed and shared on smartphones for visitors to enjoy thanks to QR code technology.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Hardcore techno musician Manu le Malin [Wild Manu] is one of the oldest regulars at the Astropolis Festival in Brittany, which just celebrated its twenty-year anniversary. Its attendance has swelled from two thousand to ten thousand participants, but the rave-like spirit of the festival remains the same, and it keeps drawing big crowds every year.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Have you ever eaten an orache or a cardoon? Though popular in the Middle Ages, these vegetables are rarely harvested nowadays. But you'll find them in the garden of the Abbaye du Relec (Relec Abbey) in Brittany, which contains vegetables from many different time periods and countries.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
The Underwater Museum of Lorient might be a little hard to get to, given that it's literally underwater. Dedicated to shipwrecks and other sunken objects, the museum is made possible by a team of volunteers with a passion for documenting these lost treasures at the bottom of the ocean.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
This nursery offers various species of Christmas trees to suit every taste and every budget. The traditional spruce tree of many French people's childhoods is still going strong, but the Nordmann fir has gained popularity. Species of trees with a bluish tinge or a nice pine tree fragrance are also available.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
Regular bus riders from the Essonne, a suburb south of Paris, share their views on public transport. It appears that some people behave badly on buses and in the subway, which can give tourists a bad impression. So the next time you catch a bus, don't forget to give up your seat for the elderly!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
More and more restaurants are resorting to frozen food instead of preparing dishes from scratch. The Micro-trottoir team took to the streets to ask people whether restaurants that don't cook their own food can still be called restaurants. Many people are concerned about not knowing where the food is coming from and would prefer to enjoy local produce, while others say that the quality of the frozen food source as well as the chef's expertise are the key. Let your discerning palate be the judge!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
When asked about their demands as French citizens, most of the women interviewed in this video call for more gender equality in the workplace and in everyday life. One of the women also stresses the importance of going beyond symbolic celebrations of women's rights (like International Women's Day) toward more concrete political activism.
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