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Tourism in France
PARIS 2024: discover the Olympic sites to visit
One of the special features of the PARIS 2024 Olympic Games is that the venues for the sporting events will be located in major tourist areas. With Monsieur de France, take advantage of your participation in the PARIS 2024 Olympic Games to visit these Parisian sites. Here's what you need to see at PARIS 2024.
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by Jérôme
French cooking
Mamie Simone's tips for successful jam-making
There's nothing better than a good homemade jam. But you've got to get started, and make them! So, if you'd like to make your own jam, here are some tips from Mamie Simone, my grandmother. With these tips, it's easy to make jam and please the whole family.
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by Jérôme
So French
All about Champagne
Champagne is the most famous wine in the world. Its bubbles have accompanied great events, public or private, for ages. A wine that we have long regretted ... The bubbles ! Before finding them very pleasant and making them the trademark of Champagne. What is its history? How to choose your champagne ? How many bottles for a wedding or a party? All the answers from Monsieur de France are here.
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by Jérôme
French Destinies
Who was Pierre de Coubertin?
It was the Greeks who invented the Olympic Games over 3,000 years ago, but it was a Frenchman, Pierre de Coubertin, who resurrected them after they had disappeared. The initiator of the modern Olympic Games, and thus of PARIS 2024, he knew what he was talking about, as he was a great sportsman himself. Meet a man who left his mark on the history of mankind.
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by Jérôme
Made in France
Who was Coco Chanel ?
It is a name that is known all over the world. A synonym of elegance and refinement. Probably the greatest name in French fashion. Discovery of an amazing destiny: that of Coco Chanel.
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by Jérôme
French expressions
"être en grève" to be on strike
"Etre en grève" means to be on strike, so not to work in order to protest and make demands. This expression is very old, but it didn't have the same meaning in the beginning. To be on strike was even to look for work.
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by Jérôme
Latest articles from Monsieur de France
What happened on July 14, 1789?
Everyone, in France, knows that July 14, 1789 saw the storming of the Bastille in Paris. On that day, Parisians flocked to the Faubourg Saint Antoine and the Bastille. Long the nerve center of Paris's fortifications, the Bastille had long since become a state prison, when the People launched an assault on what was a symbol of absolute monarchy. Rediscover what happened on Bastille Day with Monsieur de France.
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by Jérôme