France Travel Tour

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Entertainment in Discovering France

A highly entertaining exploration in France involves traveling to the country's ancient caves and seeing the pre-historic drawings of its first inhabitants. Dated to be as old as the Bronze Age, the captivating illustrations show the life of the pre-historic tribes settling before in France.

These fascinating people depend mostly on pasture land and animals for their livelihood. Surrounding this mesmerizing pre-historic site are old and well-preserved homes from the last century. A lot of affluent families living in France are enticed to live in modern versions of these lovely houses because they like the elegant style.

After my expedition in the outskirts of France, I went back to my lodging. I slept for a bit but was awakened by the sounds of jollity from outside my room. I stood up and looked outside my window and saw a joyful parade marching on the street. There were also noises coming from youngsters distributing candy and multi-colored festival ribbons. They knocked and thumped on each door and requested residents to get out of their pajamas and merrily march with the parade!

Leave it to the French for being ultimate celebrators. A similar festive event happened last night when there was music and partying in the village plaza and the car park was converted into a lively dancing spot. A big tent was set up and festooned with colorful lights like a lively tavern in one of the cities. The party went on until sunrise and I could still hear the music and the celebration when I fell asleep.

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