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Sancerre, before the summer hordes Anthony Gardner recommends visiting the ‘extraordinarily unspoilt and beautiful’ town of Sancerre while it remains the definition of sleepiness and tranquillity. The situation was dire. It was 7.30 on a Thursday evening and we needed something to drink with our dinner. As we were staying in one of France’s most …
Mon dieu! We speak French Louise Roddon and her family learn French in the Loire. I am trying out my favourite conversational nugget, used on countless French trips ever since my son was born. “J’ai un petit fils qui s’appelle Felix.” It’s only 10 minutes into our family course at the Coeur de France Ecole …
Learning French in the Loire Simon Spilsbury went back to school to improve his dreadful French, and he took the whole family with him. This is a holiday? Kiah, centre, and Imogen, right, in class (SIMON SPILSBURY) It is a well-established fact that most of us Brits are dreadful at foreign languages. Wouldn’t it be …
French immersion: More than just language By Kim Gamel, Associated Press SANCERRE, France (AP) — En route to France for a language immersion course, I decided to get started by watching a French movie on the plane. “Manon des Sources” was about a girl who avenges her father’s death by cutting off the town’s source …
School’s in for the summer How would your children react if you told them they were going on a French course in the holidays? John Clare’s weren’t keen, until they arrived in class. A vacation with homework. To the average middle-school student it might sound like a nightmare. But for lifelong learners who wish they’d …
School’s in for the summer How would your children react if you told them they were going on a French course in the holidays? John Clare’s weren’t keen, until they arrived in class. I can’t believe my ears. My nine-year-old son, completely unprompted, is standing in a chateau in France, doing his best to strike …
Immersing themselves in village life, three generations of American women study more than language By Becca Hensley SANCERRE, France — We arrive in Sancerre, a renowned wine village two hours south of Paris, with wolves in our bellies. While hunger can be a good thing in a town known for its food and wine, on …
