{"id":33850,"date":"2021-06-29T05:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T03:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=33850"},"modified":"2021-06-27T01:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T23:59:20","slug":"france-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/france-is\/","title":{"rendered":"France is …"},"content":{"rendered":"

France, and especially Paris, holds a very special place in my heart. Most people just accept it when I gush about some new discovery from across the sea. But others are always asking me why I love France so much. “What’s so great?” They say. Well while it’s hard to narrow down, for me, France is …<\/p>\n

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France is …<\/h3>\n

Amazing people … and family. The French used to have a reputation for being a bit snooty and off-putting to strangers, but I have to say I’ve never known them to be anything but charming, caring, and engaged. They are smart, passionate, interested in so many things. And some of the most important people in my life to this day are the people I met over 30 years ago in Paris.<\/p>\n

A diverse and intriguing culture. This is the country that gave the world the Existentialists (whose world view can be summed up, for me, as “Life is unsatisfying … but I am alive”) and the pop group Yelle<\/a> and songs like Compl\u00e8tement fou<\/em> … the video for which is, well, compl\u00e8tement fou<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>completely crazy<\/em><\/span>!<\/p>\n