by Tanaka Jaravaza | 12 Jul 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, In France, the Tour de France cycle race set off on the weekend and has gone through the beautiful Cantal region in the centre of France en route to the Pyrenees (Image courtesy of FB Ville de Lourdes). The heatwave is continuing in...
by Tanaka Jaravaza | 5 Jul 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, This week the French football team continued to notch up victories at the Fifa World Cup by beating Denmark. The French nation will have their eyes glued on their team’s next game on Saturday 4 July against Paraguay, right in the middle...
by Tanaka Jaravaza | 27 Jun 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, This week France continued to swelter in the extreme heatwave with record temperatures in their 40Cs. The majority of the country was on red alert today, everyone was impacted, even the hospitals where people were being treated for...
by Tanaka Jaravaza | 21 Jun 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, This week with the Summer Solstice in the Northern hemisphere on 21st June, France usually holds the Fete de la Musique to celebrate the shortest night of the year. Music is played for free, throughout French towns and villages and most...
by Tanaka Jaravaza | 12 Jun 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, Le Foot! Is the name of the game today, as the French national football team landed in Boston for the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and were mobbed by their fans. Their opening match will be against Senegal on Tuesday evening. Our...
by Tanaka Jaravaza | 7 Jun 2026 | News
Bonjour French Market Friends, In France the record heat wave continues, temperatures have exceeded all previous recordings in some regions. In Paris, a unique art exhibition by French street artist JR, was due to open on the Pont Neuf (translation: the New Bridge),...