Late Summer Things of Interest to Witness in France

It has been a routine for the Fire Department to hold their own dance, wherein the firemen are the stars of the event. Usually parties of this manner abound in late summer or the day from the last week of June until the last week of September.

The spectacle is differentiated by very long days, where the sun sets only after nine in the evening and the days are hot and the temperature can go as high as 38 degrees. During the time, the weather is so hot that some people do their gardening and household jobs in nothing but their bathing suits. Most homes also build their own swimming pools, either an assembled plastic thing laid on the lawn or the traditional ones set in the ground. With this, a film even showed that France comes second with the most number of swimming pools, after the United States.

As soon as the sun sets, the weather gets nice and it becomes very suitable to hold dinners in the garden or in terraces. Summer regularly means lovely evening meals and celebrations, with almost all houses entertaining friends and holding parties. The party atmosphere floods not only the private homes but also infests the whole village, the plaza, the churches, and the buildings where concerts, dances, and shows are held.