Vive la France! Liberty/Equality/Fraternity at least in Theory.

By, Uwe Paschen. Vive la France. (14 Juillet Fete National) or should that be Vive Paris?  Today as in 1680 under the war hungry King Louis the XIV of France, who once said that “Paris is France but France will...

BRITTANY'S BRIGHT FUTURE (PART 1 – A SHORT HISTORY OF BRITTANY)

On 19th May, all the Bretons in the world will celebrate "Gouel Erwan" (or St-Yew's day, i.e. Britanny's Day!), the equivalent to the Irish St Patrick's Day! Time to look back at what Brittany was in the...

Pomp and parades for France's Bastille Day

"France celebrated Bastille Day on Friday with the traditional military parade of the four armed services, with President Jacques Chirac presiding over the display of pomp and fanfare for perhaps the last time."

History

"Revisiting The French Revolution. It is not for history to supply us with a sense of history. Life always supplies us with a sense of history. It is for history to supply us with a sense of life. "

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