Tag: French festivals
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Cannes After Dark: A Guide to the Port at Night
The port of Cannes at night is one of the most dramatic views on the French Riviera. Here is what you are actually looking at — and how to see it at its best.
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Why the French Believe How You Flip a Crêpe Decides Your Whole Year
Every 2 February, France marks La Chandeleur with crêpes, coins and an ancient superstition: the way you flip your crêpe predicts your year.
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The One Night Every Year When France Turns Every Street Into a Stage
Every year on the 21st of June, something extraordinary unfolds across France. Musicians appear on street corners, in public squares, on café terraces, in cobbled courtyards and on church steps. A jazz quartet sets up beside a boulangerie. A teenage guitarist plugs in next to a fountain. A brass band moves through a medieval alley.…