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This front page was first published on 08 September 2008.
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It has happened. The little darlings have gone back to school.
Ahhh!
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| Tuesday 2nd September arrived at last and the lazy wake-up days
of the summer holidays came to an abrupt end, as alarm clocks throughout
France heralded their back-to-work/back-to-school reveille.
Throughout France, as, for the first time since 1990, all primary
school children went back to school on the same day. Again, for
the first time, all schools in France will abandon Saturday morning
school as the teaching week shrinks from 26 to 24hrs. There will
be no school on Wednesday, either.
Back to basics seems to be the new (Government fostered initiative)
as concern rises over the number of French schoolchildren failing
to master the 3R's, rises. Curriculum emphasis will be on reading,
writing and arithmetic skills and civics.
We understand civics to be loosly based upon what we would
call citizenship. Which is where La Marseillaise comes in.
All children at primary school will be taught the French National
Anthem.
So, to give your kids a fighting chance of keeping up with their
French peers, we publish here, not only a potted history of La Marseillaise,
the French words to this famous anthem, but an English translation
as well. As a bonus, you can also access that memorable scene from
Casablanca when "all the usual suspects" in Rics Bar,
outsing the Nazis, with La Marseillaise. Enjoy.
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Rosendo, of Flats Wallets, goes solo at the Au Passé
Simple on Saturday 13th September.
To
view a calendar of other live music evenings booked into the
Music Bar Au Passé Simple, please click this link,
to be taken to their sponsored page on this website
The annual St Céré fête takes place 19th
- 21st September, in the streets and squares of St. Céré.
Expect bands in the streets, fireworks in the sky and hangovers
in the morning!
For full details, visit
the Forthcoming Events pages by clicking this link.
The spectacular simultaneous launching of some 25 hot-air
balloons takes place at Rocamadour, Sunday 28th September
at around 17h.00. Not one to be missed.
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click this
link for details of other forthcoming events in St. Céré
area and around, in July
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Merchants House, St. Céré |
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St Céré, is in the beautiful
Dordogne river valley region of the Lot (département
46), Midi-Pyreénées, South West France.
Lot is deep in the heart of France, with the
départements of Dordogne to the West, Corrèze
to the North, Aveyron and Cantal to the South and East respectively.
To
view maps of where in France to find St. Céré
- please click this link
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Chateau Montal, St. Céré |
| St Céré is surrounded by countryside
of great beauty, liberally sprinkled with historic sites and
villages.
Click this link to view photos
and information of some of the great places to visit near
St. Céré
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Being in the stunning Dordogne river valley region of the
Lot, many summer activities naturally feature water! That
is, if you do not play tennis, golf, ride, walk, hot air balloon...
For information about the many
activities centred in and around St. Céré, please
click this link.
See also below for special events and visit our Forthcoming
Events pages, by clicking this link
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If it is Summer in St. Céré, sooner or later there will be
a storm about to catch the unwary. Lightning and computers
don't mix.
For information
about how to protect your modem and computer from lightning
strikes, please click this link
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Forget crop cirles and lights in the night sky - aliens
can write and count. Well, almost - they do not know
their numbers too well. Appearing mysteriously pretty
much overnight, what do these strange markings mean?
Click the photo to find out one explanation.
Of course, you may know better...
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and national news items, which may well affect you if
you either live near St. Céré or, as expats
anywhere in France.
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it. Then just click on a brief news item link below
that is of interest, and a fuller version will open
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interest), you feel deserves an airing; have been Out
and About and know a snippet of local information -
somebody new in town/some local info; or if you have
a local event to publicise free, let us know by clicking
the appropriate link below.
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