July 14 - Happy Bastille Day!

I wasn't expecting a super-duper fireworks display à l'américaine in France for the national holiday. In Canada, the fireworks are certainly modest, but enjoyable, but without a doubt, the USA is the "king" of fireworks. We have often spent July 4 in the states and enjoyed the spectacular shows in small towns and large cities alike.

There was a small parade with a band and the fireworks were better than I thought in the small coastal Norman town of Port Bessin-Huppain where we stood shoulder to shoulder with the local folk on the shore, but the surrealness of standing on a beach in Normandy that had been one of the most significant battle theatres of WWII and watching fireworks while listening to la Marseillaise and Paris cabaret music was beyond comparison.

Vive la France libre!