CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE

In France Christmas starts on December 1st with the Advent calendar : from December 1st till December 24th children eat one chocolate per day to wait for Christmas.

1. Then we buy a Christmas tree and we decorate it with Christmas balls and garlands. 

We also decorate our houses.

Father Christmas called Le Père Noël in France brings presents for all the children (and all the members of the family really) on the night of December 25th. 

On December 25th all the members of the family gather to celebrate Christmas : very often we eat  foie gras (duck liver pâté), a christmas turkey and a special Christmas chocolate and vanilla ice- cream called La bûche de Noël (Christmas Log).

Joyeux Noël à tous !     Merry Christmas to Everyone !

Les Machines de l'Ile in Nantes, France

« les machines de l'île »

  

Les machines de l'ile is an amazing artistic project. It is a blend of the invented worlds of Jules Verne, the mechanical universe of leonardo da Vinci, and the industial history of Nantes. The island of Nantes is on the old boatyards.

             

Les machines de l'île is an island in Nantes where there are giant robotic animals, marine animals and a carousel. The carousel is a big roundabout which may countain 300 people and has 35 machines.

You can have a ride on the robotic elephant which is very famous and very beautiful ...

... and also see a metallic branch.

The branch is a part of a future project « l'arbre au cygognes »

                                                                            Cloé & Eliot          

L'Ile de Versailles in Nantes, France

L'ILE DE VERSAILLES

THE ISLE OF VERSAILLES

L’Ile de Versailles has got a Japanese

and beautiful décor. I like walking in

this décor. This island has got a garden

with a Zen environment.

EVA

The FNAC book and music shop in Nantes, France

LA FNAC

This is a shop of books, CDs, computers and other things.

The logo of LA FNAC is orange and white.

It's very big and I like it because there are a lot of books. I love reading, it's as another world.

Sometimes, I buy CDs,but it's very rare.

                                                                                                      Pauline