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La championne du fromage (Cheese Champion) - Revisited
In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re revisiting a story by Virginie Dhorne – a French cheesemonger with a fierce competitive streak. Stick around until the end to hear what Virginie’s been up to since this episode first aired. A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/4202Hpg.
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Bonjour dear listeners. In many countries around the world, March is Women's History Month. To mark the occasion, the Duolingo French podcast is revisiting some of our favorite stories from women trailblazers across the francophone world. Today we'll feature an episode from March 2020. It's about a very special foodie from
Arras, a small town in northern France. Her name is Virginie Dubois Darn. And her story is a love story, with a twist. Yes, it's about how Virgine met her husband Jean-Francois in college, but it's also about a woman who discovers a love for selling cheese.
Love works in mysterious ways, and it took Virgine to places she had never dreamed of. Keep listening to find out how, and stay tuned at the end for an update from Virgine. Now onto the episode. up in the north of France near Belgium, Virgini Dorn loved eating cheese. But she hated going
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