tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post7877142181659648618..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Le Bastille Day that nobody calls that hereDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-87773549774605795002011-07-17T05:54:43.296+02:002011-07-17T05:54:43.296+02:00Thankyou for the post. We have my 96 year old aunt...Thankyou for the post. We have my 96 year old aunt from Dole visiting with us here in Charlotte and I couldn't find any special french thing to do on 14 juillet but a nice lunch after watching Le Tour. She loved your videos of the parade, specially les pompiers and shares your appreciation of the dancing on the streets. She misses the gaiete of the people.<br />I hate military parades, french, german, anywhere.<br />MerciAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-16806298590590990592011-07-15T22:03:08.046+02:002011-07-15T22:03:08.046+02:00OT, so now maybe Chavez goes to Brazil to save his...OT, so now maybe Chavez goes to Brazil to save his life? I bet he is really regretting his hate of imperialism. Houston, Texas, is where the other dictators come for cancer treatment.<br /><br />(Washington consensus aside, I still choke when I think that the USA was once a colony yet draws all the ire of Chavez)Glennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-82838551874880681032011-07-15T21:36:20.722+02:002011-07-15T21:36:20.722+02:00glenn
far from me to take potshots at july 4: i ...glenn<br /><br />far from me to take potshots at july 4: i did like that holiday a lot, with loving memories of nice classical open air music concerts, bbq with friends, etc... the thing is tha tthey are different, with different objectives.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-13412533991688228102011-07-15T21:06:36.742+02:002011-07-15T21:06:36.742+02:00Agree with Kepler- so many places for camping, hik...Agree with Kepler- so many places for camping, hiking, beautiful lakes, rivers,valleys -near small, old villages..and safe.<br />Sadly Alek is right.-In some larger cities- It drives me nuts why some of the weirdest people support extreme dangerous groups-ie. ETA and I cannot accept that areas are now taken over by Moslems who hate everyone else and yet are being "taken care of"...RabbiBullanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-68860018300909820542011-07-15T19:42:24.225+02:002011-07-15T19:42:24.225+02:00Daniel,
Lovely post! thanks for the explanation, I...Daniel,<br />Lovely post! thanks for the explanation, I had completely forgotten the time I helped my son to make a french calendar, holidays -and images- included. There was not a Bastille day! hehehe.<br /><br />I especially loved the pic with the table setting... well, the whole ambiance made my day! The flower bush behind is really something.<br /><br />Sigue disfrutando y cargando las pilas. Un abrazo!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13409833836497330449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73607457505151976992011-07-15T16:47:48.940+02:002011-07-15T16:47:48.940+02:00I've got to say Daniel, that France is a beaut...I've got to say Daniel, that France is a beautiful country. The images seen in the Tour's transmission just makes one wish to be there. However, I have seen too many pro ETA flags in the transmission for my liking (like this one: http://linksunten.indymedia.org/es/system/files/images/9586505084.png). <br /><br />Apology of terrorism, whether done within sporting events with incredible landscape in the background, continues to be a criminal activity that French authorities ought to be looking at.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014152460206926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-30826868011861056302011-07-15T15:22:31.081+02:002011-07-15T15:22:31.081+02:00Nice to hear you are having a lovely time.I especi...Nice to hear you are having a lovely time.I especially like the mild weather you have compared to our NC scorching summer often 100 degrees F, it sounds SO refreshing-however I do find the fireman display extremely cheesy and fatally marred by insufferable music.The Fireman display zero sense of rhythm but the day in general provides a bit for everyone: parades, dancing, food, fireworks.....I'll take the dancing and the fireworks...Military displays BORE me.<br />Here in the US, most people just think of 4th of July as another holiday, time for a picnic and baseball game,or a trip to the lake, rather than a chance to become patriotic in anyway...it is an interesting concept that they celebrate 'frenchness'...I wish Venezuelans would celebrate Venezuelaness...thanx for the post.I love a window on another world.<br /><br />firepigettefirepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-91033486166272076832011-07-15T14:56:28.584+02:002011-07-15T14:56:28.584+02:00Glenn,
I also meant Paris IN summer, not altogeth...Glenn,<br /><br />I also meant Paris IN summer, not altogether.<br />I go from time to time to Paris. It's 90 minutes train from where I am. What I do is to avoid certain areas during peak tourist season. Paris is big and each quartier has its own life, but France in summer is more than Paris. As nature blossoms, it is a good opportunity, if one already knows the capital, to see some other places, specially with green.<br />If I go to the centre of Paris in summer, for instance - before I always love to see Notre Dame, I tend to do it very very early. Else, I stay far away.<br />In sommer I'd rather do as I did last year, when I visited the Boulogne-Cap Nez-Blanc area<br />or some hidden villages in the Provence or ElsassKeplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-10960190378232784932011-07-15T14:40:30.509+02:002011-07-15T14:40:30.509+02:00Thanks for your informative information in this co...Thanks for your informative information in this comment site like you said about thanks for the tips and ideas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-79790056040495615032011-07-15T12:20:39.322+02:002011-07-15T12:20:39.322+02:00Daniel- should I apologize for wishing you a happy...Daniel- should I apologize for wishing you a happy Bastille day rather than 14 Julliet? There are a couple of points in your mail that sort of take pot shots at US Americans. I will agree that you do not see any pot-bellied cops and firemen in Paris like you do elsewhere in the world (Venezuela and the USA for example!) and the military are very sharp in attire. French put on a great military parade. And for Mr. Kepler- to avoid Paris when if France would be a huge mistake. I've lived here in the past and am visiting at the moment and will return here as many more times as I am blessed with the opportunity. Of course avoid the tourist crap but Paris is full of wonderful French people, great cultural diversity and great food and parties. Some of the most amazing architecture in the world is in Paris and not to be missed. Just don't come when it is so damn hot and in the summer tourist season. I'm only here at this time related to work. Spring and fall are the best and as Daniel says even winter is ok. And to end, Chavez could have done much better to adopt this kind of socialism. Do you prefer "Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite" or "Patria, Socialismo, o Muerte?" What a contrast1Glennnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2119365498576596972011-07-15T11:50:42.037+02:002011-07-15T11:50:42.037+02:00Oh, France is brilliant in summer, just stay away ...Oh, France is brilliant in summer, just stay away from touristic areas in Paris, stay away from resorts in the South, go just a couple of kilometers off the trodden path.<br /><br />The French, together with the Britons, are some of the most military obsessed in Western Europe and yet it is a completely different story than in Venezuela, where our milicos think they belong to some holy caste.Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.com