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April 8th 2006 11:10
I thought I’d start going through different countries and telling you all a bit about them ie their ‘cultures’. Where better to start from then France? Here we go:

Language:

French.

Bonjour: hello.
Aurevoir: Goodbye.
Je t’aime: I love you. (t’aime is pronouced t-aim.)

Must see sites:

There are soo many, but I’ll just go through a few.

The Louvre, the home of the Mona Lisa and heaps of other great works.

Versailles: This was the palace of the old French Kings, and it was where the treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of WW1.


Versailles


The Eiffel tower: This is iconic! It’s one of the key features of France.



Famous French people:

Napoleon, I’ll do a whole separate post on him in the future.

Louis Pasteur: Came up with the germ theory of disease and revolutionised medicine.

Jacques Heim and Louis Reard: They invented the Bikini (how French is that?).

Monet and Picasso: Both French, Both amazing painters.

Channel: She came up with the little black dress.

French Food:


France is famous for its food, it’s café’s are rumoured to be amazing and so its cheese. You can find a simple recipe for Bittersweet chocolate fondue on this site:

http://www.cooking.com/recipes/static/recipe5464.htm .

Its a great way to have a little fun and indulge in some French food.

Weird/funny facts:

In France, the law guarantees everyone five weeks of vacation, and most full-time workers get two full months vacation.

They invented the style of house where the attack is also a room-it was a scheme to avoid tax.

Quotes about France:

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." —Marge Simpson

France is the thriftiest of all nations; to a Frenchman sex provides the most economical way to have fun. The French are a logical race.-Anita Loos

Boy, those French. They have a different word for everything.-Steve Martin

Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it.-The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem

As an artist, a man has no home in Europe save in Paris.-Friedrich Nietzsche

France is the only country where the money falls apart and you can't tear the toilet paper.-Billy Wilder

How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb?
One. He holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him.

France in Sydney:

A great French restaurant is ‘the little snail’ in darling harbour. And trust me, snails don’t taste as bad as you might think.

The info for this blog came from the sites:

http://inventors.about.com/od/frenchinventors/
http://funny2.com/facts.htm http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokefrenchjokes2.htm
http://gofrance.about.com/cs/funquizes/a/quotes.htm
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Comment by edward

April 8th 2006 13:10
It's true, a little butter garlic sauce and snails are pretty damn good. Taste just like chicken!

Comment by Stanley

April 9th 2006 03:26
Don't forget "Bonjoooooour, you cheese eating surrender monkeys!" - Groundskeeper Willie

Comment by Cibbuano

April 9th 2006 09:53
Love it - especially the quotes.

'Au revoir' is two words...

Boy, those French, they have a word for everything!

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