And keep in mind that its only the metropolitan part of France. There are also Guyane in South America, French Polynesia (with Tahiti, Bora bora), Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, etc...
22:02 This is an aqueduct, on top is th Canal de Garonne, and below is the Garonne. The Canal was built to facilitate navigation between Bordeaux / the Atlantic Ocean and Toulouse and goes along the Garonne river. I guess it was built because the natural river is not easy / not possible to navigate with larger boats. Canal de Garonne (or Canal Latéral à la Garonne) was built after the Canal du midi (=Canal of the South) from Toulouse and the Mediterranean. The Canal du Midi is a more critical infrastructure since there is no river linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean, while you can go to the Atlantic following the Garonne, explaining why the Canal du Midi was built first. Together, the two canals are named "Canal des deux mers" (Canal of the two seas) as they link the two seas without going around Portugal and Spain. It used to be very strategic for France, to guarantee France's independance from these two countries and the economic worthiness of transport between the two seas. Now it's completely obsolete, the routes have changed, land transport is more reliable and quicker, and this Canal is largely undersized for current trade ships.
You can go there, its completely safe for tourists. France is beautiful, just avoid the tourist hot spots, these are overcrowded at least in Summer. Greetings fromm Germany.
Actually there are plenty of names coming from french in USA. First of many is Louisiana, the state name coming from Louis the 14th, King of France, who established a durable settlement of French men there… these others towns in Louisiana : Metairie, Baton Rouge, etc… New-Orleans comes from the Duchy of Orleans as well as the original city of course. The Maine state name also comes from the Duchy of Maine. Orleans and Maine both were nobility titles linked to the Royal family of France. But you can also found other french names elsewhere in USA : Bayonne (NJ), Saint Louis (MS), Prairie du chien (WI)… This is due to the fact that before its selling by Napoleon to the young federation of USA in 1803, French Louisiana covered more than 25% of the actual USA. It encompassed all these states : Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and the main part of North Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado , Louisiana, and even the north of Texas and some of New Mexico.
The advantage of Paris is that you can go there without any problem even if you don't speak French. For the rest of France it's more complicated, in tourist places everything is bilingual, but outside if you're all alone without speaking French you can have a bad experience. In this case I think the best is to do a tourist circuit in English in the region you want to visit, it's more expensive but simpler.
Clairette de Die might still be to your taste as a dessrt if you don't like alcohol it's really light and taste like sugary peer. Orleans is indeed a french settlement at first, i'll let the true historian expert explain tho, ive heard they have a black community that speaks frenglish, as others mentions there is also the 'dom-tom' or over-sea regions i'm sure you'd love them too you will have less chances to experience racism in the 'dom-tom' or in south of France in general some will disagree but i'm pretty sure that's the case.
Riots in France are normal and civilized most of the time, in comparison everybody can buy a gun and shoot you in US. What is more dangerous ? Indeed, Paris isn't all France. The capital is famous but parisians are awful. "Province" is culturally rich too. New Orleans comes from the french city Orléans. French fries are "frites" which means "fries" because we don't have to precise their origin.
And keep in mind that its only the metropolitan part of France. There are also Guyane in South America, French Polynesia (with Tahiti, Bora bora), Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Martin, etc...
22:02 This is an aqueduct, on top is th Canal de Garonne, and below is the Garonne. The Canal was built to facilitate navigation between Bordeaux / the Atlantic Ocean and Toulouse and goes along the Garonne river. I guess it was built because the natural river is not easy / not possible to navigate with larger boats.
Canal de Garonne (or Canal Latéral à la Garonne) was built after the Canal du midi (=Canal of the South) from Toulouse and the Mediterranean. The Canal du Midi is a more critical infrastructure since there is no river linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean, while you can go to the Atlantic following the Garonne, explaining why the Canal du Midi was built first.
Together, the two canals are named "Canal des deux mers" (Canal of the two seas) as they link the two seas without going around Portugal and Spain. It used to be very strategic for France, to guarantee France's independance from these two countries and the economic worthiness of transport between the two seas. Now it's completely obsolete, the routes have changed, land transport is more reliable and quicker, and this Canal is largely undersized for current trade ships.
Don't worry it's safe in France, we can't buy guns in a grocery...
What's North of Bordeaux, Poitou, Charente, have completely been eluded in Nouvelle Aquitaine
You can go there, its completely safe for tourists. France is beautiful, just avoid the tourist hot spots, these are overcrowded at least in Summer. Greetings fromm Germany.
hello, yeah seems really beautiful and safe, hope I get a chance to visit.
Actually there are plenty of names coming from french in USA.
First of many is Louisiana, the state name coming from Louis the 14th, King of France, who established a durable settlement of French men there… these others towns in Louisiana : Metairie, Baton Rouge, etc…
New-Orleans comes from the Duchy of Orleans as well as the original city of course. The Maine state name also comes from the Duchy of Maine.
Orleans and Maine both were nobility titles linked to the Royal family of France. But you can also found other french names elsewhere in USA : Bayonne (NJ), Saint Louis (MS), Prairie du chien (WI)…
This is due to the fact that before its selling by Napoleon to the young federation of USA in 1803, French Louisiana covered more than 25% of the actual USA. It encompassed all these states : Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and the main part of North Dakota, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado , Louisiana, and even the north of Texas and some of New Mexico.
it's 100% true !véridique!
Louisiana was french. Napoleon sell it to the USA. It's why there the new orleans and the cajuns who are french descendants and still talk french
The advantage of Paris is that you can go there without any problem even if you don't speak French.
For the rest of France it's more complicated, in tourist places everything is bilingual, but outside if you're all alone without speaking French you can have a bad experience. In this case I think the best is to do a tourist circuit in English in the region you want to visit, it's more expensive but simpler.
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We say Frites for french fries
Clairette de Die might still be to your taste as a dessrt if you don't like alcohol it's really light and taste like sugary peer.
Orleans is indeed a french settlement at first, i'll let the true historian expert explain tho, ive heard they have a black community that speaks frenglish, as others mentions there is also the 'dom-tom' or over-sea regions i'm sure you'd love them too you will have less chances to experience racism in the 'dom-tom' or in south of France in general some will disagree but i'm pretty sure that's the case.
By the way, france is more beautiful as in this video shown.
Bonjour il n y a pas de danger à venir en France. 😊 c est une impression fausse... pas d inquiètude.
Riots in France are normal and civilized most of the time, in comparison everybody can buy a gun and shoot you in US. What is more dangerous ?
Indeed, Paris isn't all France. The capital is famous but parisians are awful. "Province" is culturally rich too.
New Orleans comes from the french city Orléans.
French fries are "frites" which means "fries" because we don't have to precise their origin.