Happy Bastille Day to all my French friends. Allonz-y!
Happy Bastille Day!
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It seems to be the official English word for it. Over here, we just call it your national holiday.
It looks like Hollande didn't get soaked for once. Maybe there's still hope for his presidency.
Surprising considering the rain episodes we have today.
It's like the flag on Buckingham palace : it's raining in Paris, the president must be under it somewhere.
Apparently (I didn't watch) the "journalist" who was commenting the military parade this morning told that there was no military parade on the 14th of july in the USA and in Germany
I so want to ask her to name some other countries that don't have a military parade on the 14th of july
It's like the flag on Buckingham palace : it's raining in Paris, the president must be under it somewhere.
Apparently (I didn't watch) the "journalist" who was commenting the military parade this morning told that there was no military parade on the 14th of july in the USA and in Germany
I so want to ask her to name some other countries that don't have a military parade on the 14th of july
It would be a long list. But such mishaps happen during live commentaries. She probably meant that those countries don't have military parades on their national holidays.
But such mishaps happen during live commentaries. She probably meant that those countries don't have military parades on their national holidays.
We call it "il quattordici luglio" (the 14th of July), or "la presa della Bastiglia" (the storming of the Bastille).
We have a military parade on the 2nd of June (Republic Day), and civil demonstrations on the 25th of April (Liberation Day).It would be a long list.
Happy Bastille Day, everyone! America could use a good, huge military parade on July 4th(or at the very least on Armed Forces Day every year), but whaddya gonna do. Too many people would complain about tank treads and other heavy equipment damaging the streets in Washington, D.C.
I think the last really big military parade this country held was the 1991 Gulf War Victory Parade in Washington. Lots of tanks, armor and artillery participated along with infantry and other units. America just doesn't do big military parades. Torrance, CA holds a decent-sized parade of troops and equipment on Armed Forces Day and there are a few other cities who sponsor similar parades of moderate scale, but for the most part America just eschews big, ostentatious public displays of military weaponry and has for a good long while now.
Pretty damn ironic considering all the wars and conflicts we've been involved in in recent decades, but it is what it is.
I think the last really big military parade this country held was the 1991 Gulf War Victory Parade in Washington. Lots of tanks, armor and artillery participated along with infantry and other units. America just doesn't do big military parades. Torrance, CA holds a decent-sized parade of troops and equipment on Armed Forces Day and there are a few other cities who sponsor similar parades of moderate scale, but for the most part America just eschews big, ostentatious public displays of military weaponry and has for a good long while now.
Pretty damn ironic considering all the wars and conflicts we've been involved in in recent decades, but it is what it is.
It's a old tradition to have some parades (in Paris and is some other cities when the army is very present) every year. I'm not interested in it, it's vaguely the same thing every year.
But it's a funny day in Paris : you see tanks place de la Bastille and lot of good looking men in every café
While watching some videos on Youtube this afternoon, I found that from last year's parade :
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10pDCgWUM2k[/yt]
But it's a funny day in Paris : you see tanks place de la Bastille and lot of good looking men in every café
While watching some videos on Youtube this afternoon, I found that from last year's parade :
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10pDCgWUM2k[/yt]
Best wishes to the people of France!
First they "got rid of the whiskey", then they went to the Bastille to set free less than 10 unimportant prisonners...or something like that
And beheaded the governor of the prison/bastion, even though he had surrendered without much of a fight. They probably shouldn't teach the real history of that day.
As for military parades, while they can contain interesting elements (like glamourous uniforms), I do tend to think of them as a country's equivalent of fast sports cars for middle-aged men.
I tend to like military memorabilia and uniforms, so I don't mind military parades.As for military parades, while they can contain interesting elements (like glamourous uniforms), I do tend to think of them as a country's equivalent of fast sports cars for middle-aged men.
I was under the impression the family was Italian in origin, though, Lombardi? Also, wasn't Corisica only concoured by France in 1769, was it, or was it an on and off possession?
