Traditions and everyday life in FranceFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in France. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
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It’s the best spot in Paris ! It’s romantic with those little streets summoned by a beautiful Church ! Since it’s on a hill you have an awesome view of the city so it’s good for pictures or just looking at it. It’s also really…
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The Tour de Vésone is a remnant of a grand temple in the ancient Roman city of Vésone, now Périgueux, in Aquitaine. This tower, over 24 meters high, was part of a temple dedicated to the goddess Vesunna, the city's protective…
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this year was the 11th year of dancing in the school I am in. This school is called Open Dance Academy and for me it is like a second family. This year I made friends who allowed me to spend an excellent year despite the…
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So we have the "Golfe du Morbihan" which is an inland sea in our department, it is dotted with many islets and islands. We go sailing here almost every summer with my family, but we have to be careful because the currents are…
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Estaing is a little Village in south-west France, where there are the Castle of the Estaing familly, French Knights who serve the Kingdom of France since the Dark Age on land and sea, one of their ancestry was a french navy…
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The "Fête des Lumières" is a big event in the area around Lyon. Originally created to thank Mary for stopping the black plague, inhabitants of Lyon are lighting candles at their windows every 8th of December. Nowadays, there are…
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Paris est une fête ! Let me tell you about Paris ! Crazy about its cobbled streets, its barges, its artists. Those who take portraits of tourists in Montmartre, those who play the piano in the middle of the road, and those who…
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This is the feast of the epiphany. ... The first Sunday in January, tradition has it to be the occasion to "draw the kings" at the epiphany: a bean is hidden in the cake and the person who obtains this bean becomes the king of…
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When going to class or just walking through Paris, I love taking the Metro 6, it's the subway, but the line 6 goes over the famous bridge "pont de Bir-hakeim" and the view is amazing, I love it, so sometimes I take it even when…
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La Moricette is made with the same recipe than the Bretzel one, but not in the same form. It was created by Poulaillon, a very known bakery in Alsace. It is very yummy. Pour les fêtes, ma maman fourre les Moricettes avec des…
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I don’t live in Paris but in French alpes and it’s cool too! I live next to the famous Mont Blanc. Every winter I make snowboarding and ski. In summer, everyone goes at the nearest lake. Where I live you can make a lot of…
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Pétanque is a popular sport in the South of France, often played at local festivals or family gatherings. You throw a small wooden ball, called the target ball or le cochonnet, and then try to throw your heavy steel boules as…
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Crème de marrons, which translates as "chestnut cream", is a chestnut jam which originates from the Ardèche département, known for its traditional growing of chestnut trees. Crème de marrons is made of at least 38% of chestnut…
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In 2021, the famous "Place Stanislas" was the elect French favourite monument. It's called by French people "Place Stan"; you can find an ephemera garden, diverse manifestations, a Christmas Tree, and a lot of things that make…
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I am luck to live near this ancient sacred site, the second most important in Brittany. The moor houses some dolmens, menhirs and other stone monuments raised thousands of years ago. It gives the land a very particular character…
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The Salt marshes of Guerande, located in Bretagne region, were one of the most prosperous industry of France a few centuries ago. Nowadays they still produce the purest salt flakes of all, adding a refined and fiery touch to your…
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A beautiful castle and its gardens that often welcome artists to expose their installations and performances to better link their art to their audience. A great place for a day of unwinding in a calm atmosphere and popular with…
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Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) is a beautiful tall plant who grows in Auvergne (Small mountains area in central France) Here some people are making liquor with it's roots. It's taste very bitter but is supposed to help digestion.
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Every year, on July 14th, the French people celebrate Bastille Day and gather around fireworks. The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, a major event of the French Revolution.
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Every single year in France, we celebrate music, the beauty and the culture. From small to big artist, everyone show is own perceptions of the beauty of music. It always a memorable day, announcing the beginning of summer.
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Every year, on the 1st of May, we gift friends and family a sprig of lily of the valley, to wish good luck! On that day you can see a lot of vendors on the street, and even non-professionals selling their garden's muguet.
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I remember the scent of moss and leaves. Heather flowers on the moor, the pond, the grazing light of late afternoon, the buzz of bees ... A wonderful walk in the forest of Brocéliande to meet the legend of King Arthur.
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National modern art museum, le centre Pompidou is located in Paris. It’s famous for his crazy architecture as much as his incredibles collections. This is pictures of some of his strangest « chef-d’œuvres ».
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Every 14th of July, the whole country celebrate the french people taking the Bastille and starting democracy. There is fireworks in most cities and some also do parades of military people, dogs, horses and plane.
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This is the second largest place in Brittany where you can find megaliths: dolmens, tumbs, menhirs... sacred monuments built thousands of years ago. It is humbling and absolutely stunning coupled with the moor.
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Crest (Drome) is a small town in the southeast of France. It's a medieval town with the highest donjon of France. Between the mountains, hills, plains and sea, it's close to big cities like Lyon or Montpellier.
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The best event ever lol ! Everyone is out and music is everywhere !!! Concerts, festivals, just people with instruments in the streets... Everyone partying and dancing together, and i think it's so beautiful
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Every day on the 8th of December, we light up little candles on our windows and the whole town is lit up. It used to be a religious thing, but it has now become just a tradition for the whole city ^^
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Mont-Saint-Michel is a French commune located in the Manche department in Normandy. It takes its name from the rocky islet dedicated to Saint Michael, where the Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey now stands.
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Every year in august there’s a really big festival going on it’s pretty neat they play celtic music and celebrate the cultural heritage people come from a lot of different countries to see it.
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