Real France Stories

Here are some of our reader's stories about living, working, holidaying and travelling in France.
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The gambamoulade in Serralongue (video)

Every summer Serralongue in P-O (66) hosts the Gambamoulade, a festa for the villagers wt which they feed 500 people on prawns and moules

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Coup Icare: Air Sports Festival in the French Alps Featuring Costumed Hang Gliders

The events include hot air balloons, exotic bird exhibits and shows, parasailing jumps, gliders, airplane acrobatics, helicopter rides, and tents filled with airplane gadgets and toys, food and music, street performers, and a multitude of other related activities.

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Holidaying in France

Medical Care When I broke my Arm - view..
Kiss my ...WHAT? - lost in translation - view..
Snails...they’re not MEAT are they! - view..

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Living in France

The gravel and the funeral - view..
Wine Harvesting in the Alps (video) - view..
Annecy, France: Annual Venetian Carnival, (video) - view..

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Travelling in France

Traveling in Dordogne, France – An Overview of the Region (video) - view..
Auray and Carnac, Brittany: Traveling in Western France (video) - view..

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Working In France

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