Difficulty: Intermediate
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Lionel, Michel, and Juliette take a stroll down the Rue des Capucins, named after the Capuchin monastery once located there. They also discuss some of Marsal's native plants, which have a high salt tolerance.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Did you know that parts of France and Germany were underwater millions of years ago? Learn more about this and other surprising facts at the Marsal Salt Museum.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
We continue our visit to Marsal and learn more about the importance of salt throughout the region. Many there have benefited from the exploitation of salt throughout the centuries, including the Church, which built many churches that we still see today.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Michel guides us back to the time of Louis XIV, who took the town of Marsal in 1663. Find out why.
Difficulty: Intermediate
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We conclude our visit to Marsal with a few comments from Michel, who shows us a stone marking the passage of a Roman emperor in Marsal in the first century AD. And Lionel has a few salty expressions in store for you...
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Over sixty musicians have come together as part of UNICEF's Paris-Africa project, which provides support to victims of the recent drought in East Africa. Their efforts have culminated in this beautiful single, Des Ricochets (Skipping Stones).
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Who knew that young animals go to school while their parents are at the psychiatrist's? At least that's what happens in this cartoon, Les Zooriginaux, known in English as "Wild Instinct."
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
It seems that what we consider "bad manners" are actually good manners to lions! Watch Leon the lion teach his young cub the art of behaving badly at the dinner table.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
Junior's first lesson in becoming a ferocious lion involves arriving late to school and acting up in class. He already has a pretty impressive roar!
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Junior's training to become King of the Beasts comes to a standstill when his dad puts him through the ultimate test... eating humans!
Difficulty: Intermediate
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With the help of his special bear friend Ursula, Junior learns to be true to himself and remain the sweet and helpful lion cub that he is. Unfortunately, this decision sends his dad back to the psychiatrist....
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Leon and Lea are a lion couple who are going through a bit of a rough patch. As King of the Jungle, Leon might think he can come home at all hours of the night, but Lea has other plans for him... The Latin phrase says, "Alea jacta est," meaning "the die has been cast." Here, it's Lea who's casting them.
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
When Lea leaves Leon for Orni the platypus, Leon tries to woo his wife with a poem. But will she fall back in love with his "torrid charm"?
Difficulty: Intermediate
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Leon's marriage is in trouble. His good friend is hatching a plot to help him win Lea back, but will it work?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
When Leon rescues Lea from a melting iceberg, she seems to be more willing to forgive him. But not until he realizes what he did to make her angry in the first place!
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