Vacation in France

This site is designed to enhance your vacation in, and knowledge of France. Welcome!

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What is it about France that makes it the world's premier tourist destination?  Partly, it's the individuality, sometimes eccentricity, of the place and its people. The New York Times once said: "The French are highly individualistic and ungovernable and the extraordinary thing is that, although they project great leaders about once a century, those leaders rule effectively but bequeath chaos."  Even more so, there is the laid back lifestyle: according to Jean Anouilh: "Everything ends this way in France - everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs - everything is a pretext for a good dinner." Add to this the ever present history of the place, garnish with architecture, style, art, light, colour and you have one of the most potent recipes known to man.... Thomas Jefferson summed it up neatly when he said: "Every man has two countries, his own and France"  

Whatever the reasons may be for the world's fascination with France, vive la difference. This site is dedicated to France, both in practical terms for your vacation (or holiday!) and to enhance your knowledge of the country, by giving you background information about the place, its culture, language, places and people.

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