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The neighbourhood where we live is called « Bécon-les-Bruyères », it is situated at the intersection of three towns : Courbevoie, Asnières-sur-Seine and Bois-Colombes.
The train station of Bécon-les-bruyères was opened to the public in 1891 and then buildings started to appear around the station, as it happened in all the Parisian suburbs at that time. Even though, they were mainly buildings with flats to let, each of them had it own style! They are often rather colourful because bricks were often used in this period. Architects used to play with the different colours or finish of enameled bricks to draw patterns on the façade.
During the second lockdown, my friend Anne-Laure and I met every thursday for a walk in our neighbourhood.I had pulled out from my library the excellent book by Historian Pierre Mignot about Paris façades. We often started our walk at the station. Buildings from the same period can be so different. We also noticed the houses. It was important at that time to be close to the railway, close to modernity. There are a lot of very big and very nice houses near the railways. Each walk offered us some nice discoveries, this is what you are going to hear in today’s episode.
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My name is Laetitia, I’m French, I live just outside Paris and I share with you a small slice of my daily life here in France. I also run the podcast One Thing In A French Day since 2006
All the information about the transcripts, notes and photo is available at www.cultivateyourfrench.com
CYF 047 — mercredi 4 novembre 2020 — Le reconfinement commence différemment
CYF 046 - Promenade botanique avec Eric Wolff, guide naturaliste
CYF 045 — Mercredi 21 octobre 2020 — Le parti pris des choses de Francis Ponge (par Micaela)
CYF 044 — mercredi 14 octobre 2020 — Antoine Lescombe, luthier
CYF 043 — mercredi 7 octobre 2020 — Qu’y a-t-il dans mon sac?
CYF 042 mercredi 30 septembre 2020 — Premier week-end d’automne : deuxième cours de musique, marche en forêt et peinture
CYF 041 — mercredi 23 septembre 2020 — La rentrée
CYF 40 — Summer in France : La Tour Eiffel
CYF 039 — Mercredi 9 septembre 2020 — Summer in France : Promenade dans le Quartier Latin avec Claire
CYF 038 — Mercredi 2 septembre 2020 — Summer in France : Visite au Louvre
CYF 037 — Mercredi 26 août 2020 — Summer in France : moments qui brillent
CYF 036 — Mercredi 19 août 2020 — Journée pain au moulin de Pont aux vents
Rencontre avec Mickaël au belvédère de la Scia
CYF 034 — mercredi 5 août 2020 — Entretien avec Emmanuel du magasin de locations de vélos de Cluny
CYF 033 — Promenade bourguignonne avec Lisa (Burgundy, Cluny)
CYF 032 — mercredi 22 juillet 2020 — Summer in France : la cueillette des plantes sauvages avec Murielle Iris (Les Sauvages)
CYF 031 — 1867 — mercredi 15 juillet 2020 — Summer in France : le clafoutis aux abricots
CYF 030 — 1863 — jeudi 9 juilllet 2020 — Summer in France : Le devant d’autel de la cathédrale de Bâle 2/2
CYF 029 — 1863 — mercredi 8 juilllet 2020 — Summer in France : Le devant d’autel de la cathédrale de Bâle 1/2
CYF 028 — 1858 — mercredi 1er juillet 2020 — Au restaurant avec Adeline
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