Tout est vrai... (ou presque)

I have IT class every week and we had to prepare a small description about three different programs on French. And because of that homework I found something really interesting for all French students: a program "Tout est vrai... (ou presque)".

Everyday at 20:45 pm. on chanel Arte we can watch this. It's a program which shows ironically the life of personalities. I don't know why, but it's designed for people from 7-77 years old.

The principle: it presents original, irony and absurdity of personalities life in shorter time that it takes to boil an egg.

Forme: a white background, toys, everyday objects, a voicover and a good dose of imagination - these are only ingredients used by Nicolas Rendu, aka Udner for making those funny portraits.  With a child's soul, the director mastered the art of stop motion, giving life, frame by frame, to everything that happens in his hands (or so). These tablets bring some freshness by focusing primarily on the story of the great of this world.

The program is recorded in two languages: French and German. I think it's a great opportunity to practise your comprehension and you have a lot of fun with it! I really recommend it!

Here are some of videos:

Wines!

Today's post is going to be about one of the greatest thing in France: Wine!  French wines traces its history to the 6th century BC with many of France's regions dating their wine-making history to Roman times. France is one of the largest wine producers in the world. It is produced all throughout France, in quantities between 50 and 60 million hectolitres per year, or 7-8 billions bottles. Only Italy produces more wine. 

France is the source of many grape varietes (Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Sauvignon blanc, Syrah) that are now planted throughout the world, as wells as wine-making practices and styles of wine that have been adopted in other producing countries. Some producers have benefited in recent years from rising prices and increased demand for some of the prestige wines from Burgundy and Bordeaux.

There is the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system. Appellation rules closly define which grape varietes and winemaking practices are approved for classification in each of France's several hundred geographically difned appellations, wchich can cover entire regions, individual villages or even specific vineyards.

The concpet of Terroir, which refers to the unique combinationof natural factors associated with any particular vineyard, is important to French vignerons (winemakers). It includes such factors as soil, underlying rock, altitude, slope of hill or terrain, orientation toward the sun, andmicroclimate (typical rain, winds, humidity, temperature variations, etc.). Even in the same area, no two vineyards have exactly the same terroir.

French wines are usually made to accompany food. They don't have so much alcohol as Polish drinks do ;)

Massacre in Paris

It's hard and painful to talk about it, but there was another attack in France. It's second attack in this year.
President François Hollande on Saturday blamed the Islamic State for the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday, as the death toll rose to 127 victims, with 300 others hospitalized, 80 of them in critical condition. He declared three days of national mourning, and said that military troops would patrol the capital. France remained under a nationwide state of emergency. ISIS, the islamic group, confess to be an initiatior of those attacks. The identities of the eight attackers, who are all dead, are unknown.
The attacks, and the possibility that the Islamic State was to blame, promised to further traumatize France and other European countries already fearful of violent jihadists radicalized by the conflicts in Syria and elsewhere.
Recently the president Hollande actively stepped up French participation in the military air campaign in Syria at the end of September. Just last week, France attacked oil operations under the Islamic State’s control in Syria. Massacre in Paris is said to be an answer for those actions of France against The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

Paris, stricken by shock and grief, remained in a state of lockdown, with public transportation hobbled and public institutions — schools, museums, libraries, pools, food markets — closed. Charles de Gaulle Airport remained open, but with significant delays because of tighter passport and baggage checks.
President Hollande sais, France will be still fighting and will avenge all victims.

Places where attacks have happened:

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