France

France is globally known for its prestigious food culture, and it is without a doubt that most Americans would love the integration of more French food culture into the United States. Although most Americans associate the idea of French cuisine with upper-tier restaurants, there is much more to the culture than just that. The idea of eating more than a three-course meal, taking one’s time to eat with family and friends, and using fresh ingredients are some of the ideologies that I would like to…

night with an invitation to a dinner party. The invitation had upset Loisel because she did not have an evening dress or jewelry to wear. The husband was so thrilled to go to the dinner party he was willing to buy her a simple dress for four hundred frances. That money was being saved for the husband to buy a rifle for the following summer. The husband had set aside what he had wanted and focused on what would make Loisel happy. Loisel was also worried about looking like a pauper because she…

which can also be interpreted as rudeness or snobbery to tourists coming from countries that are more casual. If you’re planning a trip to this beautiful, historical country, here are some essential traveling etiquette guidelines for traveling in France. Greeting Protocol Unlike Italians and some other nationalities, the French aren’t huggers, so they feel awkward being hugged. Don’t even shake hands, but surprisingly, they do like to be greeted by kissing close to the ear. The key is to not…

University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of French and Italian College of Letters and Science Many people say that I am a member of the generation X, born just before the war, in a country that was right in the process of falling apart. Not long after I first saw the light of day, my country has changed several times its name, its anthem, geographical layout and national identity. I was waiting in line in the arms of my mother to get some milk, I have survived an awful authoritarian regime,…

Claude Monet, a french painter, painted the Church at Varengeville, Grey Weather, in the year 1882, in the midst of his artistic career. Varengeville-sur-Mer is a small commune in the Seine-Maritime of the north-western region in France. The painting is oil paint on a modest sized canvas about 25 by 32 inches. This oil landscape hangs directly on the wall, at a horizontal orientation, and is in a simple ornate frame. Monet’s painting is currently located at the Speed Art Museum, in Louisville,…

“In late spring, 218 B.C., Hannibal marched through the Pyrenees toward Gaul (southern France) with more than 100,000 troops and nearly 40 war elephants.” Hannibal was a strong and powerful man. He won many fights and conquered cities. He was one of Carthage’s strongest and most famous generals. His father was Hamilcar Barca also a Carthaginian general. In Carthage, Hannibal held a lot of power, he was born into a Carthaginian military family and swore to show his hostility to Rome. He was the…

As Napoleon continued in his campaign against Europe, he turned his sights to Switzerland. After his arrival, he successfully conquered Switzerland in 1798. His plans were to centralize the loosely governed country by imposing a constitution. In doing so he created the Helvetic Republic, a regime greatly disliked by Swiss natives. It is easy to reason that the regime was disliked since it was imposed by an invading country, but a big factor in the opposition was that the regime failed to…

The Dreyfus Affair in one of the most notorious trials in France, even still known as the “Affair” today. In 1894, an agent of counterespionage discovered a note, now known as the Bordereau, which included information about a new gun, information about different troops, artillery formation, information about Madagascar movements, and a draft for a firing manual. The firing manual was the most concerning to the French, who had discovered it since it was so difficult to obtain. This led to an…

In Europe and United States this threat has been there since the beginning of 1980s. In Countries like Germany and France immigration has been featured highly on counter – terrorism agenda. Their government has highly tightened their immigration policies by linking them with terrorist activities. In countries like United States immigration policy became one of the strategies…

time. Spain is one such country to have made impact, and France is another. Both countries colonized indigenous people, and converted them to Catholicism. Spaniards took the Americas, and the French took Canada.…