FV 068: (Part 1) Discover the history of my hometown with greeter Marie-Christine Poisson

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Marie-Christine Poisson used to be my school teacher when I was around 3 year old but in this episode she will share her passion for the history of my hometown, Montmirail. If you ever travel in the area (Montmirail is only an hour away from Paris, on the road of the Champagne), Marie-Christine can give you a free tour of the town because she volunteers as a greeter. You'll be in good company with this very energetic and extremely passionate (and chatty) woman! Recording this double episode was pretty special for me and I got to learn about 3 historical characters who played an important role in the development of Montmirail. If you love a jump in the past and lots of random interesting facts, you'll enjoy this conversation!

Episode Timeline

Part 1

Meet Marie-Christine Poisson and her passion

Visiting Montmirail with Marie-Christine

Where's Montmirail?

Part 2

Jean le Bienheureux

Origin of the name Montmirail

Jean's diplomacy skills

Part 3

A Pope in Montmirail!

"Les Visiteurs": a famous French comedy

More about the show

Vocab List

château-fort (nm) = fortified castle

croyant,e (n) = believer, adherent

faire la navette = to commute; to shuttle back and forth

maître,maîtresse (n) = school teacher

maternelle (nf) = preschool, kindergarten

moine (nm) = monk

monter un spectacle = to set up a show

mur d'enceinte (nm) = outer wall, surrounding wall

Pape (nm) = Pope

patrimoine = heritage

Links & Resources

Greeters en Champagne - Marie-Christine Poisson: http://www.greeters-en-champagne.com/fr/828/40/5/N5913CHA05100094/sit/detail/decouvrir-un-greeter

Being a Primary School Teacher in Rural France: frenchvoicespodcast.com/episode11

Episode 55 of French voices: Real Life Stories around the Beginning of Railway in Epernay: frenchvoicespodcast.com/episode55

Episode 42: The History and Life of 900 years old Abbey Notre-Dame du Reclus: frenchvoicespodcast.com/episode42

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