What
are some of the “things” or activities that French
people do for fun?
ANSWER:In the South of France, the French play petanque.
In the winter in the alps, many families go on holiday, especially
in March, to ski and snowshoe. And the French enjoy the “art
de vivre” [art of living], relax, cook, eat, spend time
with family and drink wonderful French wine!
Photos courtesy:
ATOUT FRANCE - France Tourism Development Agency
Photos courtesy:
ATOUT FRANCE - France Tourism Development Agency
What's one thing the public probably
does NOT know about France?
ANSWER:That France is the size of Texas. France has
22 regions and 88 departments, and that a region could be compared
to a state and a department to a county in our US system.
Photos courtesy: ATOUT FRANCE - France Tourism Development Agency
Share some aspect of France as
regards to what it has contributed to the world.
ANSWER:The X- ray, the moving pictures, and hot air
balloons were all invented in France by French citizens.
Three Musical Pilgrimages: Mozart, Grieg and Hendrix
Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
could read and compose music, plus play the violin and piano, when he was
five years old. Born into a musical family in Salzburg, Austria (then the
Holy Roman Empire), he had a unique ability for imitating music, which first
became evident when he recited a musical piece by simply observing his father
conducting a lesson to his older sister. This led to a childhood on the
road, where the young prodigy performed before many of the royal courts
of Europe.
Treasures of Ireland: The Irish Goodbye (Dispatch
#20)
The Palladian Traveler brings to a close his 20-part
series on the Emerald Isle from an upscale restaurant in downtown Dublin
where he files his final dispatch and then quietly slips away.
Two "MUST SEE" Truly Spectacular Places
in Europe. Here's Why.
The Han Grotto and Culzean Castle. As the name
of my Traveling Boy feature is "Travel With a Difference," it's
important to me to always bring you offbeat and unusual tourist places around
the world you may not know about. These two fit that category to a T, and
they're absolutely worth a visit. One's in Scotland and one's in Belgium.
Culzean (pronounced CULLANE) Castle is located near Maybole, Carrick, on
the Ayrshire coast of Scotland.
Highway 49 Revisited: Exploring California's
Gold Country
In the 1840s, the population of California was only
14,000, but by 1850 more than 100,000 settlers and adventurers had arrived
from all over the world – and they came for one reason: gold. James
Marshall had discovered the first gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in El
Dorado County, creating the largest gold rush in history.
