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Samuel Gassmann - Créateur de boutons de manchette

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Samuel Gassmann is an artisan who makes unconventional cufflinks of all different types: he has one set representing the "totality of time," and another inspired by the Happy Families card game. Be sure to stop by his new store the next time you're in Paris!

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Caption 35 [en]: to make it magnificent,
Caption 35 [fr]: pour qu'il soit magnifique,

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us inside the castle of Dourdan, with its belfry, arrow loops, and many fortifications. This castle has a somewhat unusual history: find out why its roof was knocked off and why it was pretty much impregnable.

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Caption 9 [en]: of course, its castle with its magnificent walls.
Caption 9 [fr]: bien entendu, son château avec ses magnifiques murailles.

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Join Daniel on his discovery of Dourdan, a small town in the Essonne department. This charming place is filled with history and boasts a thirteenth-century covered market that has been rebuilt over the years and is still in use today.

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Caption 4 [en]: a magnificent medieval town
Caption 4 [fr]: une magnifique ville médiévale

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Voyage en France - Lagny-sur-Marne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel continues his visit to Lagny-sur-Marne, a small town where extraordinary events took place. Joan of Arc is said to have performed a miracle there on her second visit to Lagny. And the abbey-church of Saint Pierre once harbored a great secret: a nail from Jesus's cross. Unfortunately, the nail was lost, but not forgotten, as it now features on Lagny's coat of arms.

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Caption 27 [en]: I strongly recommend that you take a walk in this magnificent church.
Caption 27 [fr]: je vous conseille fortement de vous balader dans cette magnifique église.

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Voyage en France - Lagny-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us some more of Lagny-sur-Marne. This small town is famous for its battle with the English (or les Anglois in Old French), valiantly fought by Joan of Arc in 1430. You will also find more peaceful sites like the washhouse, where, by municipal decree, everyone had to be silent....

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Caption 39 [en]: Before leaving you, a quick glance at this magnificent wall entirely built
Caption 39 [fr]: Avant de vous quitter un petit clin d'œil à ce magnifique mur entièrement réalisé

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Voyage en France - Le Mémorial de la France combattante - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits the Memorial of Fighting France on Mont Valérien, west of Paris. He reads us a moving message from an anonymous person who wrote a farewell letter to his family just before being executed by the Germans in 1942.

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Caption 14 [en]: a magnificent sculpture in commemoration of the victims of deportation.
Caption 14 [fr]: magnifique sculpture en commémoration des victimes de la déportation.

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Voyage en France - Mont-Valérien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Mont-Valérien, the highest vantage point just outside of Paris, where you will be able to take in a sweeping view of the capital. Mont-Valérien also represents a sad part of history, a site where thousands were executed during World War II. General de Gaulle inaugurated a memorial in 1962 to honor its victims.

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Caption 22 [en]: and as well as magnificent sculptures that decorate this monument.
Caption 22 [fr]: et ainsi que de magnifiques sculptures qui ornent ce monument.

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Miniji - Michel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France Brittany

Let's go to Brittany for a spot of sailing! A specially designed boat called the Miniji allows handicapped people to sail and compete in regattas.

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Caption 47 [en]: It's beautiful! -Yeah, it's magnificent.
Caption 47 [fr]: Il est beau là! -Ouais, il est magnifique.

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Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the next part of his tour of Nemours, Daniel shows us the Church of Saint John the Baptist, a medieval church that was destroyed in the 1600s and then rebuilt over the course of the next two centuries. It houses a bell called the Cloche Philippe (Philippe Bell), which has a lengthy history of its own.

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Caption 11 [en]: You're going to appreciate this magnificent house that dates from the seventeenth century,
Caption 11 [fr]: Vous allez apprécier cette magnifique maison qui date du dix-septième siècle,

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Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Nemours is linked to the history of the United States in two important ways. Daniel will tell you more about that in this segment of his tour, and he'll also show you a group of charming bridges called the "Ponts des Petits Fossés" (Little Ditch Bridges).

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Caption 25 [en]: And I also invite you to appreciate this magnificent home that is right behind me.
Caption 25 [fr]: Et je vous invite aussi à apprécier cette magnifique demeure qui est juste derrière moi.

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Voyage en France - Poissy - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the town of Poissy, about twenty kilometers from Paris. The town name is derived from the word poisson (fish) due to its once important fishing industry.

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Caption 36 [en]: the magnificent Halle du Marché [Covered Market] of Poissy.
Caption 36 [fr]: la magnifique Halle du Marché de Poissy.

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Lionel - L'usine de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel meets with Steven, who works in the madeleine factory. Without giving away too much of the secret family recipe, he shows us how these delicious specialties are made. The first step is to crack over three liters of eggs!

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Caption 39 [en]: But it's magnificent!
Caption 39 [fr]: Mais c'est magnifique!

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Lionel - Le club de foot de Nancy - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to a highly regarded soccer club where the shadow of certain famous soccer players like Rouyer and Platini still hangs. The Nancy-Lorraine Soccer Club grooms high school boys into professional soccer players, endeavoring to strike a balance between academic and sporting achievements.

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Caption 53 [en]: We're going to discover a bit more of this... this magnificent setting
Caption 53 [fr]: On va découvrir un peu plus ce... ce cadre magnifique

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third segment on the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region, we find out more about the history of the famous pastry. Did you know that the first madeleine appeared in the Middle Ages?

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Caption 55 [en]: There you have it. We're going to leave this magnificent place
Caption 55 [fr]: Voilà, nous allons prendre congé de cet endroit magnifique

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is still in Liverdun, a small village in the Lorraine, to find out some more about the madeleine. It's a specialty of the region that comes in various delicious flavors, such as mirabelle plum and bergamot orange.

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Caption 4 [en]: And together we will contemplate, admire this magnificent boutique
Caption 4 [fr]: Et nous allons ensemble contempler, admirer cette magnifique boutique

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