Here we go again with riots by youths in France.
As an American I'm struggling with this issue & am hoping you can help me understand.
Here in the U.S. young people don't ...
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TO PARIS BEFORE! i know a little french but am afraid i do not know enough, is that a problem? please give other things that will make my trip more enjoyable. ...
I'm an American and have just graduated high school. I'm enrolled in college but I really don't know if I even want to go just yet. I just want to do something adventurous and just ...
I'm a film student and I have recently taken a big interest in the french actress Danielle Darriuex. Is she highly regarded in her home country of France? Has she been bestowed with the Legion O...
but not to expensive and not that far from the Eiffel tower or the airport
and any advice will be appreciated this is my first time going
:-)) thanks!! Additional Details oh ...
we want a relatively cheap one in a nice area of france preferably with a swimming pool ( the villa that is , not the area of france!!) any help at all would be great ...
The place I'm staying is in Rue de Vaugirard and the metro is 100 meters away (hotel name: Novotel Paris Vaugirard -- anyone stayed here before? if you have, how is it?)
A quel quartier vais-je? How would I say I want to go to 4th ?
also how would I say I wanted to go to Notre Dame, and how to say We want to go to the Eiffel Tower? Thanks!...
France continues to maintain these far flung outposts primarily as a means of insuring its ability to project its influence and its military power globally without requiring outside help.
The French Empire may have largely disappeared but France remains a player on the world stage and world powers require bases from which to operate.
for more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
olivelolive
I can add to Rillifane than in this region people are really happy to be French. They have social security and European comunity give lots of money to devlop this territory.
Few years ago in the Indian Ocean some old french island ask to came back in France. This is the group of 4 island (Comoro Island) one is stay to the french (Mayotte) but the 3 other became independent in 1957.
A correction only one of the three Comoro Island ask to be French again.
Diablozaune
Guyane is the lauch base of ESA (European Spatial Agency), where Ariane rocket are launch. It is also an place where the Foreign Legion training in jungle, and protect the ESA base BTW.
Guadeloupe and nouvelle caledonie are touristic place, eventually guadeloupe have a geological science lab watching the volcano Piton de la fournaise.
carina001
For their vacations and so that they don't have to exchange their money from the Euro.