#faidherbe

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Statue of General Faidherbe in Dakar, Senegal

French vintage postcard

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Christmas lights in Lille - rue Faidherbe by plej_photo Via Flickr: Lille, rue faidherbe - France. © Philippe LEJEANVRE. All rights reserved. | Getty Image | Website | Google + | Facebook | Twitter | Merci de ne pas utiliser cette photo sans mon autorisation explicite. Please don't use this image without my explicit permission. Lille - France Décembre 2012

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Introducing the blog

Hi there ! My name’s Hadrien, and I’m a French student at the Faidherbe prépa. But, what is a prépa you may ask ? It’s like a extension of high school, but way more focused on one field (such as biology, literature, or maths/physics/chemistry). It’s supposed to last two years long, and there’s some specifics about that as well, but, at the end of those two years, you pass an exam where you ought to be selected for schools (which are called les Grandes Écoles ie Great Schools) all across France. In my case, those schools are kind of engineering schools. The prépa course is possibly the hardest and the most rewarding one of the French Education System, as it often happens that some abandon it and go to uni less than a year in. It is, as most courses in France, entirely free.

I’m in 2nd year, in what is called a Classe Étoile (=Star Class), meaning I was one of the best of my class last year: we tend to aim for higher ranking schools. To be clear, I’m in MP*: the * tends for, well, Star, and the MP is for Maths-Physics, for those are our two main fields of study.

I’ll be posting my work here, since the country is currently in lockdown, and I’ve got nothing else to do. Check out how the prépa system works here !

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LA FOLIE DU BARON ROGER "Folie" désigne une demeure luxueuse dans lequel les aristocrates faisaient des folies. Cette bâtisse coloniale en est une, elle fut construite vers 1820 par le Baron Roger, qui fut très attaché au Sénégal, il épousa même une femme de la localité Yacine Yerim Diaw. Louis Faidherbe venait souvent s'y reposer. Ce château n'a rien à envier à ceux qu'on à l''habitude de voir en France. Le nom de la ville Richard Toll est étroitement lié à ce château, car le Baron avait un jardinier qui s'appelait Richard. Et le mot "Toll" en Wolof signifie jardin ou plantation, la transcription de Richard Toll donne le "Champ de Richard". #BaronRoger #batiment #architecte #architecture #structure #colonialisme #Faidherbe #pabifaye #lafoliedubaron #lafoliedubaron #lafoliedubaronroger #richardtoll #Sénégal #senegal #instagram #lifestyle #life (à Richard Toll)

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Faidherbe Bridge at night #bridge #night #faidherbe #pontfaidherbe #senegal #trip #travelling#travellers #instafrique #african#instafrica #voyageur #travellers #market #night #morning #silhouette#instasky #shadow #ombre #ombrage #soleil#sun #voyageursdumonde #nocturne #nuit #saintlouis #gorgeous #pp221 #love (à Faidherbe Bridge)

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Le pont Faidherbe de Saint Louis. #saintlouis #senegal #trip#travelling #freedom#liberte #senegalesetwist#colorful #big #instafrique #faidherbe #structure #architectures #pabifaye#instafrique #structure #pp221 #Instagram #art#artist #graffiti #dessins #dessin #zoom #love (à Faidherbe Bridge)

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Faidherbe bridge in Saint-Louis, Senegal

French vintage postcard