Tag: French Holiday
Happy Easter! Joyeuses Pâques!
Easter is very much a family gathering many parts of the world, and particularly in France. And chocolate plays an important role in the celebration… Chocolate Bells??? Traditionally you will find not only the traditional chocolate easter eggs that we know so well, but also chickens – bunnies – fish, and bells. Bells, yes, really… The myth has it that…
Happy “Poisson d’Avril”!
What??? What u talkin’ bout girl??? Fish in April??? The “Poisson d’Avril”, an April Fool’s day tradition in France, involves pasting paper fish on unsuspecting peoples backs. Yes, that’s right, go ahead and slap a fish (preferably paper – but that’s up to you) on all your French friends backs…or any friend for that matter!
A Parisian Holiday Season
Paris undergoes a brilliant transformation during the holidays… It is one of my very favorite times to visit Paris. There’s never a better time than during the holidays for Paris to live up it’s name “The City of Lights”.
July 14th – It’s Bastille Day!!!
Any Francophile worth their weight in Frog Legs has no excuse to miss out on today’s Bastille Day Celebrations!!! If you are lucky enough to be in Paris, then check out GGG’s Guide to Bastille Day in Paris. For the rest of us, there are still tons more options! Bastille Day Around the World Bastille Day in the United States…