The Loire Valley and especially Blois
The French President, François Hollande, invited the French to hang a red, white and blue flag from their windows to participate, on Friday 27th November, in the national day of hommage to victims of the terrorist attacks on 13th November. We didn’t see many in Paris, but few people have a national flag, unless they attend …
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11th November is a public holiday in France and Belgium. It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Compiègne, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.” A ceremony takes place in each town and flowers are placed …
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