Bonjour !

Après une année 2025 vraiment FORMIDABLE …

Nous faisons une petite pause !
Yes… After a truly wonderful year in 2025… We’re having a little break!
(And… the number one reason is that… We’re going to be grandparents…
For the first time!!!!! Oui… Grand-parents… Pour la première fois…
et….. En France. 😊❤️🇫🇷😊)

So… We’ll be back around August with…
A new website and …..

Les ateliers du dimanche…

Speak, Laugh, Write, Speak, Learn, Practice your accent, Laugh, Sing (un peu 😉), Speak, Eat (and Drink… bien sûr), Laugh, Speak, Speak, Speak… All day…


A different theme each time… 

For example…
French Culture, La francophonie, Learn a bit (or a lot) of French Argot, Work on your (already wonderful) accent, Improve your “Street French”, Learn French through songs, Join our French Creative Writing Club (See video below… Fabulous!).

We’re also going to launch our Conférences Festives (Yes… with Lunch and Quiz!) with a guest speaker, for example about French Theatre (and maybe with a little surprise – Oh là, là… j’adore les surprises) or perhaps about the ever surprising History of the French language.

And of course, above all… lots and lots of conversation… And all that…

” À la bonne franquette” !

Euh… What does it mean, s’il-te-plaît, JM ?
😉 A timeless and wonderful French expression…..
Have a read here… https://www.lawlessfrench.com/expressions/a-la-bonne-franquette/

AND YES… With a great lunch prepared by Lynne
(avec amour, comme toujours…)

Here’s an example of what we might do at La Pétanque…

The fabulous Mintaro November 2025 crew!!!!

YES! Creative Writing in French IS possible
and exciting! Formidable !!!!

And… Of course…

YES ! The Weekends in Mintaro will also be back
from September…

Gorgeous October 2025 group!!!!

Here’s a few great memories of our wonderful weekends!
Oh… And… Play that tune again, while you’re watching… 😊

A bientôt !
😊