Happy Bastille Day

This is a blog entry from one of my favorites, Snippet & Ink. The picture montage embodies French fun so perfectly that I really wanted to share it with you. My sweet coworker Leslie had a "Happy Bastille Day" note with a hand-crafted French flag on my desk upon my arrival. How is that for a great way to start the day?


What are some of our favorite French things:
1) French fries (pomme frites)
2) French Kissing (oo lala)
3) French the language
Here is a picture of the Bastille tower after Italy beat France during the World Cup of 2006. It was one of two times while I lived there that I actually feared for my life. The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' which led to its destruction during the French Revolution; no bit of remains.


The square straddles the 4th, 11th and 12th arrondissements of Paris. The square and its surrounding areas are called Bastille; it is also the name of the metro stop there. The July Column (Colonne de Juillet) commemorates the events of the July Revolution(1830) and stands at the center of the square.

And what would Paris be without a little eiffel tower?



Au revoir, KP