l'expression "chanter en yaourt"

Have you ever tried to sing along to a song in a language you don't speak?  Think about how you just sing whatever sounds you think you hear.  Now imagine if 66.7% of the songs you listened to on the radio were in a language you didn't speak.  That's how it is in France.. I have heard from several people that it has gotten to the point where there is a law that at least every third song has to be in French, so that English doesn't take over the airwaves.  There is A LOT of English on the radio, and obviously, French people are going to try to sing along.

Anyway, when you don't speak the language of the song you're singing, you tend to sing the sounds that you hear, even if it doesn't make sense.  The French call that "chanter en yaourt," or singing in yogurt.

I googled it and found a great example.  (It seems to be in Bulgarian, and not French, but you get the idea!)
For a more literal example, click here!

Last week, I went to the town of Romans-sur-Isère for an afternoon of visiting the outlet mall, the International Shoe Museum and a specialty pasta store called Saint Jean.

A board game available in the gift shop of the International Shoe Museum.

Your guess is as good as mine.

Different animal skins used for shoemaking, including manta ray, toad and crocodile

Which part of the shoe comes from which part of the cow

Specialty pasta store

Close up of some of the products sold at Saint Jean.  Note that the Drôme ravioles is "Bio," or organic.  The Drôme is the largest producer of organic food in France.

I always thought ravioli came from Italy, but no fewer than five (and possibly even more) different people have told me that ravioles come from the Drôme department here in France.  They are small ravioli sold in the sheets pictured above.  Another specialty is the quenelle, which I would describe as a big gnocchi that is made without potatoes.

One of the eleven classrooms where I teach.

This week's lessons were about colors, animals, sports/actions you can and can't do, weather, months and food.