mardi 8 mars 2016

JUMP GIANTS

Let Go And Jump

 

 

It's a men climbing down a waterfall with a  rope,























a helmet and wetsuit.
Canyoning is people walking down a river and jumping off of stones going down slides and sometimes climbing down the rocks.
Canyoning is quite famous in France because there are a lot of mountains, rivers and    rocks, the best spots are :

 -Canyon de Cluses    -Canyon du Loup
 -Canyon de Ecouges   -Canyon du Riolan

                       Zoom ON

This is a fun and fantastic canyoning circuit.

Canyoning is a family fun activity,you have to
 book it in advance and it's only in the summer (obviously).
In the Languedoc-Rousillon there are a lot of canyoning spots like :
-Gorges de Galamus,
-Ceret,
-Llech,
-Taurinya.

This a picture lot of people having fun going down a slide, with loads of water, cold water. They slide rocks that are very slipery so you can't stand up on them

A French Romantic Sail



A French Romantic Sail


                       Canal du midi, a french romantic sail


It's an old artificial canal. the bulding started in 1666 and lasted fifteen years. It was desgned by paul Riaquet. There are 63 sluices gates. It's two hundred and forty-one kilometers long and links the Mediterrean sea to the Atlantic. It entered in the world heritage of UNESCO, at the begining it was built for the transport of weath. 



Today the Canal was employed for the pleasure of tourists leisure .The canal was lined of by nature and beautiful lande capes.









Did you know ? 

The plane trees lined along the canal du midi fell ill that's why they were cut down and replaced by new ones. We can follw the canal by foot.


Made by Anouk, Prisca, Aurélie, Chloé


The French Iron Lady

The  French Iron Lady



The Eiffel Tower is the symbole of France, she is maybe old but she still stands up


The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustave Eiffel on the occasion of the universal exhibition in 1889. The building lasted 2 years, 2 month and 5 days in Paris.When she built, she was the tallest building made by Man.                                                                           The eiffel tower in broad daylight                                      
Did you know that, the French Iron Lady is 126 years old!                                             
                                                                

The Eiffel tower measures 324M, there are 4 floors and 6 lifts. It weights 10 000 tons, it's made of wrought iron and it's repainted every 7 years. And finally the Eiffel tower is visited by 75 % foreigners.
The Eiffel Tower by night

Did you know ?

Did you know that a dinner on the top of the eiffel tower costs 300 euros, a lunch 80 euros and a breakfast 41 euros.


Made by Anouk, Prisca, Aurélie, Chloé

The story of George Sand

George Sand:











Who is George Sand ?


George Sand was born on the 1st 1804 of July in Paris, France and died on the 8th 1876 of June. Her real name is Amandine Aurore Lucile Monpin.
She was called George Sand because she could have been discriminated, in those days if you were a women and wanted to publish books it would have been impossible.

How was she known ?

She was known by her first few novels for example, Indiana, she was also famous for her boldness because of her nickname which is a boy's name. She inspired other women to follow her steps.
Her love life :

Her lover was Alfred de Musset but he was ill so she cheated on him with his doctor.
They broke up but he still loved her so he tried to get her back, but she refused so they corresponded by letters.
She stayed with the doctor.


Her life :

She was a women, so there was a lot of critics from Charles Beaudelaire or Barbey d'Aurevilly... She was friends with Victor Hugo by epistolary correspondence but they have never seen each other before.
With her men clothes, and her behaviour that was like a man's behaviour, she caused scandal in France.
She took the defence of women and fought against the prejudices, she avoided marriage.


Her books :

In total, she wrote 199 books, here are some of the titles :

- Lélia
-Les Maîtres Sonneurs
-La Mare Au Diable
-Histoire De Ma Vie
-Consuelo
-Un Hiver à Majorque
-Mauprat

There was more than one book for « Histoire De Ma Vie ».

Thank you so much for reading and goodbye !


By Bethany Brown and Nina Valada .






European countries hidden words

ZIGZAG WORD
Difficulty : very very very hard

This hiden word isn't like the others. It contains lined up words and zigzag words. This is intentional. They can be from top to bottom or from bottom to top. They can be down, across and diagonally.

L U X E M B O U R P A R I G R F L R O M A N I A
B E L G I U M E K J F D J P R U L H F C D E G H Z
M K J G F N G E T I B N H U R O H D N A L O P M
I L H F R A N C E F G Y J L O U B N G X A Z I O I
R L U C J N G T Y K Y D C B B M G T E N Z H R D
E K Y G T D K L O P L L O M N E G F D B I E T T
L P J J S A L O H N H A V E E G N G D F J I J U E
A G E N D A H U L F T U R X U E R N L P K G R
N R S D A J N V D W I Y R U L M P I Y K I L A H
D U Y E S Q J L N M P U H L Q Z E J L T J M L U
Y R E N F J K M N B V F I N L A N D L P O I U Y
M J F F A G H J Y F R S P A I N Y R E E F F G H A
F F F G H M K T R ZEC V H B N J I O G F R F G Y
F G H J L M R B V F M O D G N I K D E T I N U Y
T E D F T G H E T R E D B I T E D F A I R T S U A
R D F A Q W C G H U B N O P M H D E N M A R K

Defintion :
- The capital of this country is Paris.
- The capital of this country is Madrid.
- This country is between Spain and the ocean. In this hiden word it is next to Poland.
- The capital of this country is London.
- This country is famous for its chips.
- This country is located south of Sweden.
- The flag of this country is red with a white cross.
- The symbols of this country are the harp and the shamrock.
- This country is famous for pizza.
- This country is famous for its beer.
- This country shares borders with Hungary and Bulgaria.
- The flag of this counrtry is red and white with a crowned bird.
- This country is home to the European court of justice.
- This country joined the european union the 1st of January 1995.


The countries to find are :
FRANCE UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND PORTUGAL SPAIN
POLAND DENMARK FINLAND ITALY GERMANY
BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG AUSTRIA ROMANIA
 by Nahuel,Kéo and Simon

mardi 2 février 2016

Did you know?



The origin of the name Europe is maybe in the phoenician word Ereb which means 'in the evening' and which would refer to the West, the place where the sun leaves, lying down going to bed to finish its race over the Earth;  opposite is the east ,that is Asia.

But Europe is also the name of a mythological character! Europe is the daughter of Théléphassa and Agénor, king of Phoenicia, as appears in  the old texts.


 by Elena

European Union is...

 

by Anissa and Laurie