Preview: video a To film Ma France, we went to very different locations. The Provençale coast, the Alps, the countryside and the city of Lyons. Here, we are looking for our hotel in the Cité Internationale district. Isabelle: “Hello sir.” Passer-by: “Hello!” Isabelle: “Excuse me do you know where the Cité Internationale is please?” Passer-by: “Ok, the Cité Internationale... yes, go straight ahead, turn left at the traffic lights, cross over the Winston Churchill Bridge, and follow the signs for `Cité Internationale'.” Isabelle: “Thank you!” Passer-by: “Not at all, goodbye.” In the Alps, a skiing instructor describes her working day to us. Nathalie: "So the day starts with me getting up at seven thirty, I have breakfast, I get dressed and I come into work. Today I have a group at ten o’clock and a skiing class at two o’clock.” Nat: “So what is your work like?” Nathalie: “It’s fantastic!” The Iles du Frioul are off [the coast of] Marseilles. To get to them you have to take a boat. Nat: “What time does the next boat leave for the Iles du Frioul?” Seller: “The next one departs at 10.30” Nat: “Can I have two returns please.” Seller: “Two returns, [that's] twenty euros.” Nat: “OK thank you!” Seller: “Thank you!” The Berrow family left Scotland to come and live in Lyons.

Sylvie: “I am the mother. I am called Sylvie. So let me introduce you to my husband Lloyd.” Lloyd: “Hello.” Nat: “Where do you come from Lloyd?” Lloyd: “Me - I come from Aberdeen in Scotland.” Sylvie: “Now let me introduce you to my older son.” Lucca: “Lucca.” Sylvie: “Lucca.” Sylvie: “And now here, this is my younger son, Rocco.” Nat: “Rocco, so how do you spell that?” Rocco: “R O C CO” Nat: “Are you sure?” Rocco “Yes.” L'accrobranche is a new sport. Use the clasps and follow the instructions! Alexis: “Put your hands behind the clasps on the lifeline and push the clasps at the same time see!” “That's it, that’s good, that's perfect.” Alexis: “Push, it's easier... there you are, great, fantastic!” “Yes that's perfect!” This weekend, Hakim is buying ingredients to make a tartiflette. Nat: “What do you need?” Hakim: “Well for a tartiflette...for a tartiflette you need Reblochon [cheese], crème fraîche, diced bacon, onions and of course white wine. But first of all I need a pair of socks.” Hakim: “Do you have this pair in a size 44 please?” Seller: “Well this is a 39/41. Look, they are here. It's these ones.” Hakim: “Thank you sir.”

Seller: “Oh not at all.” Hakim: “Goodbye.” Seller: “Goodbye and have a good day sir!”