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  Day 2860 (Monday) 7 th April 2025 This is Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat and this is Menton. As always on a Monday here’s What's happening in France this week (the Local France.) Runners take part in the Paris Marathon in front of the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees avenue, on April 7, 2024. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) From a law meant to simplify French bureaucracy to the Paris marathon and more expensive 'ETA' visa waivers, here's what is happening in France this week. Tuesday French MPs to consider 'Simplification' law  - France's Assemblée Nationale will begin debating the  'simplification' bill  intended to decrease regulation, including cutting down on the many 'Cerfa' forms required for French admin and decreasing bureaucratic requirements for very small businesses. MPs also added an amendment that could lead to France's  ZFEs (low-emissions zones)  being scrapped. New exhibit at Musée d'Orsay  - The iconic Paris museum will ...
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  Day 2859 (Sunday) 6 th April 2025 This is Villefranche seafront in the old days with the fishing nets drying in the sunshine – it really hasn’t changed at all. I found this article about French slang, it’s quite long so I’ll post it over two days. J’ai la Gnac! 18 Modern French Slang Expressions by  Olivier Karfis updated: Nov 15, 2021 French Slang is always evolving. You may know some French slang, but do you know really current French slang, millennium French slang? Let’s study some up-to-date, modern French slang. Before we dive in the modern French slang expressions, let me tell you a bit about French slang – l’argot. What is Verlan? You probably have heard of “le Verlan” which consists of inverting syllables in a word (the word “Verlan” itself is an inversion of the word “l’envers” (‘reverse’). For exemple know  thank you in French  – merci – in verlan it becomes “cimer” – it’s very used in modern spoken French. This slang form is prevalent throughout ...
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