The French lower house of Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ban on wearing face-covering veils in a public place.
The legislation, part of an ongoing national debate on French identity, is expected to have no opposition in the Senate, which is due to vote on it in September. Once signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has placed it high on his agenda, the ban would take effect next spring.
Okay well maybe they aren't living up to their revolutionary ideals here, but really who is these days?
Last year I was lucky enough to visit Paris where I learned among many other things what it sounds like when I puke in French.
One day I found myself at the Place de la Concorde photographing this marker.
Two women with thick Southern accents came over and asked, "Hey what does that say?"
"Well it says that before the Revolution this sqaure was called the Place Louis XV and then during the Revolution they renamed it Place de la Revolution. It also say that there were executions performed here. This is where they beheaded Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette"
"Why did they do that?"
"Um.. it's kind of a long story..."
"Hey, you a Saints fan?" (I was wearing a shirt that indicated so) "Where are you from?"
"New Orleans. You?"
"Oh we're from Lake Charles!" (Big group hug)
Weird.
Anyway, Happy Bastille Day. I'm thinking of trying Le Foret this weekend. Anybody know anything about it?
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