Vive la France!
3 Comments so far
Leave a comment
July 14, 2008, 9:04 pm
Filed under: Author: E. Sempé, Miscellaneous | Tags: 14 juillet, bastille day, celebrations, fête nationale, France, prise de la bastille, tour de france
Filed under: Author: E. Sempé, Miscellaneous | Tags: 14 juillet, bastille day, celebrations, fête nationale, France, prise de la bastille, tour de france
Le 14 juillet: Fête Nationale de la France.
In honour of France’s national holiday, here are seven minutes and twenty-two seconds of men in uniforms shifting around the place de la Concorde in inhumanly geometric formations. Quite spectacular to watch, really.
Fun Fact: France’s Fête Nationale is celebrated on the 14th of July to commemorate the storming of the Bastille on the same day in 1789 – often seen as the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution. Nowadays, Bastille Day falls during the Tour de France and is traditionally a day on which French riders try to take a stage victory for France, working harder than they might otherwise.
3 Comments so far
Leave a comment
Leave a comment
Line and paragraph breaks automatic, e-mail address never displayed, HTML allowed:
<a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <pre> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>
I thought of you today as I ate at a fully France-themed decorated Crepes a Go Go. There was also an old man jamboree with a violin, accordion, guitar and saxophone
Comment by jaxba July 14, 2008 @ 11:01 pmAH sounds amazing! I tried dropping by today just to check in with the crepes lady but they were closed for “technical problems.”
[Ahem, a little too much wine the night before, maybe?]
Comment by E. Sempé July 15, 2008 @ 4:21 pmVive Bookmarks…
Bookmarked your page with keywords vive!…
Trackback by Post Saver - Website voting and saving system August 12, 2008 @ 7:45 pm