France Essay, Research Paper

Welcome to France were you will be having a 14 day stay. For

14 days it will cost you $1499 and $2164 for the flight were you

can upgrade to first class if you want. This will be an overnight

flight so you might want to bigger seat. All the hotels are first

class with two twin beds. we will be transported in a luxery

motor coach. you might want to pack shorts and t shirts and a

few long pants. The average temp in paris is 69 degrees F. In

France they have a government with a president a cabinet and a

parlament. The parlament can overthrow the cabinet but with

the new constution made in 1958 reduces the power to do that.

The senaters are elected to a nine year term. In France you only

have to go to school util you are 16. If you want to though you

can go to a college or university. They have over 70 of them.

While you are there you might want to visit the Eiffle tower or

Arc de triomphe. If you are into wine you might want to visit

the vineyards. If you are interested in biking go along the Tour

de France route. In France there is a lot of biking. We have the

most famous race in history here. The first bike race in history

was in France in 1868. in france the dogs and cats sometimes

get better treatment than humans. When they take there dog or

cat for a walk they don?t clean up the poop. The leading cause

of accidents in france was sliping in dog poop. Frances cities are

layed out in circles. They ceter of the circle has all the streets

radiating out from it. Most businness are that way also. The

boss sits in the center and little isles of desk radiate outt from his

desk. On sundays the french go shoping toghether as a family.

Bread is so important in the french way of life the government

controls the price of it. The miday meal in france lastes for

about 2 hours and almost all the shops close adn everybody

flocks for the restraunts. if you are in the country everybody

goes home and has lunch. The french children are taught to be

obeideint to there parents all through life. If the chhild is 35 and

the parents ask for advice on who to vote for or what to eat the

children will tell them obeideintly. I the french sociaty you are

not considerd an adult until you have children. Not all people in

France get married because fo children.

Day 1: we will depart the U.S. on an overnight flight to Paris.

Before you go thought you might want to lean a bit of French

because the French aren?t nearly as friendly if you don?t.

Day 2: We will arrive in Paris today. After checking into your

hotel feel free to check out the capitol city. When you are done

exploring have a drink with your tour guide.

Day 3: Today we will visit Paris, Beaune and Lyon. We will

head south down to wine country and the orchards of Gevrey

Chamberlin and the medieval town of Beaune. Before we

continue to Lyon we will stop at one of the local wine cellars

and have a drink.

Day 4:Today we will visit Lyon, Avignon and Nice. We will

start with a scenic morning drive along the valley of the River

Rhone to the Roman ?Pont di Gard? before continuing to

Avignon where we see the Papal Palace and the famous bridge.

Then we travel through the provence of Van Gogh and Cezanne

to the French Riveria and Nice.

Day 5: Today we will visit Nice, Monaco . A free day to enjoy

the holiday atmosphere of the Cote d?Azur. Maybe laze on the

beach or shop in some of the many boutiques. Later we enjoy

French cuisine in a local restraint and taste of the high life on an

included visit Principality of Monaco we see one of the famous

Monte carlo casinos!

Day 6: Nice, Nimes and Carcassonne. Today we drive through

Cannes along this magnificent coast before heading to the city of

Nimew where we see the Roman arena the Maison carre and city

gardens. Then on through the camargue we arrive at the walled

city of Carcassonne for dinner in our hotel.

Day 7: Today we visit Carcassonne, Loudes and Biarritz. Thsi

morning we enjoy an orientation tour of the ?cite? before leaving

this city. We wind our way through the Corbieres hills and

magnificint landscapes toward the Pyrenees and the site of

Lourde. We see the beautiful Basilica on top of St Bernadettes

Grotto in route to Biarritz where we have time for a paddle on

the sandy beaches before continuing to our hotel for diner.

Day 8: Biarritz and Bordeaux. We leanne Biarrtz this morning

and cross the countr of Les Landes tot he classical town of

Bordeaux. Orientation here shows us the Esplanade des

Quinconces and the banks of the Girande. Then theres time to

explore in the old quarter before diner in our hotel.

Day 9: Bordeaux, dordogne valley adn Perigueux. First stop is

St imilion famous for its red wines. Tehn through the dordogne

we travel to see the castle of beynac the fortress of casrellnaud

and josephine bakers chatea of les milandes. Then via la rogue

gageac with its quanit houses clinging to the dorgne cliffs we

continue via les eyzies the cradel of pre history before arriving

in pergueux. This evening we enjoy a nice dinner in the chateau

at nearby chancelade.

Day 10: Today we will visit Perigeueux and Limogges and

Tours. This morning we travel to Limoges where we will see a

demonstation of porcelain manufacture . Then a visit to the

palace of chenonceau int eh loire calley. dinner and overnight is

in tours.

Day 11: Tours, mont st micheal adn caen. Along the loire caller

we view the chatea of saumur and stop in Angers with its

dominting castle. then to brittany where we visit the island town

of mont st michel with its pictuesque streets and impossing

abbey. Finally alon the Liberty highway to st lo adn ont he the

D-Day landing beaches. we continue to our hotel in caen.

Day 12: caen and paris. this morning we visit the bayeux

tapestry muesum with its scenes of the battle of hastinfs in the

preserved 900 year old embroidery. On to Paris we stop at

giverny to visit the house and gardens of claude monet

inspiration for his water lilly paintings.

Day 13: Paris sightseeing. Views of the eiffle tower the champs

elysees the louvre mueseum and a guided tour of Notre dame

cathedral head this mornings sightseeing tour. The rest of the

day you can do whatever you want to do.

Day 14: Paris and back to the U.S. of A.

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