TRIP THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

In French Brittany

Avoir le pied léger

Near la Pointe de Roselier we came across this lone paraglider incessantly bobbing up and down like a fishing cork in water, all the while just a few meters above the ground. Extreme sports require practice.

Vocabulary
le parapente:  paragliding
un aéronef:  an aircraft
avoir le pied léger:  to be nimble on one's feet
léger, légère:  light


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KNOCK, KNOCK

More from Versailles' quartier Nôtre-Dame 

How do you say "Knock, knock..." in French?

Toc, toc...

Expression ... a "Knock, knock"  joke making the rounds in strike-plagued France this week:

Toc, toc...  Knock, knock...

Qui est là?  Who's there?  

Lara.  Lara.

Lara qui?  Lara who?

Lara Finerie est fermé.  (The refinerie is closed.)

Vocabulary
un heurtoir, un marteau de porte:  a door knocker
frapper à la porte:  to knock at the door
un marteau:  a hammer


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AROUND VERSAILLES

From Versailles' quartier Nôtre-Dame

There must be kilometers of wisteria or glycine langourously wound all around the city of Versailles. Of course it would...it thrives in full sun.

Vocabulary
une plante grimpante:  a climbing plant


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