La pause café avec Hélène Cormier : l’importance du filtre affectif
Coucou les French learners,
Spring is around the corner! Let’s celebrate, let’s feel the energy and let’s open our minds to new perspectives!
I don’t know about you, but the last winter months have been a roller coaster with a strict lock down and having to juggle between family and work.
Coucou les French learners,
” Soleil de juin, ne ruine personne ! “, Sun in June does not ruin nobody! This is a saying from the beautiful Ardèche region in the South of France. Les célèbres gorges de l’Ardèche are a paradise for canoers and kayakers,
Coucou les French learners,
I was going to write about something completely different but yesterday’s event has changed everything.
As a Parisian, I am shocked and sad. To look on the bright side, Notre-Dame is not completely destroyed and no one is dead. Les pompiers de Paris,
Coucou les French learners,
I am back from beautiful Portugal and en plein boum, in full swing!

As I am working at full speed this week,
Coucou les French learners,
C’est déjà le mois de février ! It is already the month of February! Il fait froid et il y a de la neige, it is cold and there is some snow, brr !


In France, people usually say ” Bonne Année, bonne santé ” which literally translates to “Good year, good health”. However I could not wish this new year to come better than Belgium singer Jacques Brel: