Strasbourg is a lovely city located at the boarder with Germany.
It’s also full of storks, at least soft toys. 😉
France – Strasbourg
France – Flag
French flag consist of three vertical bands coloured blue, white, and red.
France – Language
French is of course the official language in France.
If you are able to speak some French, your life in France (plus quite a bit number of other countries) will be much easier! 😉
France – Seafood
If there is “water”, there is also seafood. 😉
France – Ocean
France is surrounded by mountains, seas and Atlantic Ocean; everyone can find something interesting. 🙂
France – Wine
France is obviously famous for wine (e.g., Bordeaux) and sparkling wine (Champagne); red, white and rose.
The price of a bottle doesn’t have to go with its quality, so again, try and enjoy. 😉
France – Cuisine
French cuisine is considered as very delicious.
What are the French dishes that first come to your mind?
-I’d say, baguette, cheese and wine are the most famous French single “products”.
Then, there is lots of sweets, e.g., macaron or creme brûlée.
I fell in love with tarte, both sweet and savoury.
When you go to France, enjoy and celebrate your meals, you’ll find lots of great options.
France – Mont-Saint-Michel
Mont-Saint-Michel is an island with a monastery and abbey, located in Normandy.
It’s an amazing place, no wonder it’s listed as the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
When I was a child, my grandmother was telling me about her visit to the Mont-Saint-Michel and since that time I wanted to go there as well.
And I wasn’t disappointed by it at all; it’s stunning and very impressive.
It’s also interesting to visit the Mont-Saint-Michel twice, to experience different tides.
France – Ice Cave
The area nearby Chamonix, with the Mer de Glace glacier I showed you yesterday, has one more attraction – Ice Cave (Grotte de glace). You can take a short walk in a ice cave or kind of ice tunnel.
France – Mer de Glace glacier
In the French Alps, you’ll find amazing glaciers, one of them is called Mer de Glace.
Go there to see the lovely scenery, but also “experience” how it’s melting and shrinking… 🙁 You can compare the current view with the older pictures, and the difference is sadly huge…
France – Castles of the Loire Valley
Nearby Paris, there is a famous Loire Valley with castles, vineyards and charming towns.
Definitely an area worth visiting.
To enjoy it the most, cycling and walking are great options.
France – Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian) (literally White Mountain) – is the highest mountain in the Alps, 4’809 m above sea level. It’s located on the boarder between France and Italy.
France – Winter
Winter in snowy French mountains can be lovely.
But winter in Paris, when the weather is quite extreme, may be muddy, rainy, and annoying or surprising. Everything is possible…
I experienced nice winter in Paris, but also a very bad one with e.g., lots of flight cancellations because it was snowing a bit and nobody was prepared for it…
France – Autumn
Autumn – here warm and sunny;
rainy, cold and “better stay home” is also possible. 😉
France – Summer
Summer and a romantic sunset by the ocean. 🙂
I rather avoid, if possible, traveling to France in summer;
it may be charming,
it may be crowded…
France – Spring
I’ll show you in the following days, pictures from different places in France, representing different seasons. Of course, they are just examples; one day may be sunny, the next day may be dark and rainy; I’ll try to show you this better side. 😉
Today – spring – sunny with lots of flowers. 🙂
France – The best time to go
What’s the best time to visit France?
-Well, I think each season can be nice, depending which area you want to visit and what’s the goal of your trip.
-My favorite is spring and autumn.
France – Little Prince
The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) is probably the best known Frech book.
Is there anyone who didn’t read this book of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?
France – Statue of Liberty
The famous Statue of Liberty can be found not only in New York; actually you can find its replica in many places around the world, but France is the one where you should really search for it.
Why?
-Well, France gave the Statue of Liberty to the USA. So in Paris, you can find a few smaller versions of this “French statue”. 🙂
France – 1st of May and Lily of the Valley
A long time ago, I was reading that on the 1st of May people in France give to each others lily of the valley as a symbol of good luck (apparently in Belgium they have a similar tradition).
The white lily of the valley of a lovely scent is my favorite flower and since I was a little girl, I was dreaming to hold a bouquet of these flowers for my wedding (the dream came true 😉 ).
Anyway, when I heard about this tradition, I really wanted to spend 1st on May in France. Fortunately, I had a chance. 🙂 And it was a lovely day! 🙂 I was in Paris, and the lilies were sold in many places in the city what looked very beautiful. And almost everyone who was walking from the bakery with a bagette was holding also a small bouquet of lilies of the valley.