
Tag: social customs


French Telephone Etiquette

Halloween Traditions, Ghosts and Witches in France

How to Queue in France

17 Years in France: What’s Changed Since 1997?

Things I Didn’t Know When I Moved to France: Part 1, the Positives

May 1st – la Fête du Travail in France

Toussaint at Teysseroles

A Grave Issue

That End of Term Feeling
Burning Desires: Enleveurs de Feu in France

All fêted out

What Do the French Talk About at Dinner Parties?

Goodbye to a venerable old lady

French Christmas traditions

A crèche with a difference
Why does “merci” mean no in French?

What do I miss about England?

A moo-ving experience: la fête de la transhumance
French women forbidden to wear trousers – it’s official
French social customs 7: tu or vous?
Sexism is alive and well in France
French social customs 6: greetings in French
French social customs 5: Monsieur, Madame or first names?

French social customs 4: table manners part 2
French social customs 3: table manners part 1
