“So, where’s the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”

-Christina Aguilera
(She’ll never live that one down.)
Le Festival de Cannes
As most of us are well aware, the Festival de Cannes is an annual film festival held in the town of (you guessed it!) Cannes, France.  The event takes place each year (usually in May) at the [...]

Beauvais Airport (BVA) is the third and smallest international airport serving Paris (the other two being Charles de Gaulle and Orly).  You won’t land there if you’re flying from North America (or anywhere outside of Europe or Morocco), but if Paris is a secondary destination and if you plan to travel within Europe, you may [...]

On January 26th, director Tim Burton was announced as the President of the Jury for the 63rd Festival de Cannes in 2010.  He will be just one of hundreds of thousands of film industry professionals and cinema fans who will flock to the beautiful French Riviera city to take part in the festival from May [...]

Orly is one of three international airports in Paris (and its environs), the other two being Charles de Gaulle and Beauvais.  Beavais is the furthest from Paris, and does not serve flights arriving from North America.  (It is a very small airport that is mainly used for Ryanair flights within Europe, but more on that [...]

Happy Easter![Audio clip: view full post to listen]
As in many other countries in the world, Easter is a holiday observed in France by both religious and non-religious people.  France is still a largely Catholic country, and even those who don’t regularly attend mass throughout the year will go to church on Easter Suday, or Pâques.
Many [...]

LES RUES DE PARIS: PARTIE UNE – THE STREETS OF PARIS: PART ONE
“Paris Arrondissements”
“Paris Districts”
Paris, like New York City, is divided into large districts.  Though smaller and more numerous than New York’s boroughs, the arrondissements of Paris are large enough to comprise many neighborhoods.  There are twenty arrondissements of Paris, [...]