Random Holidays

In France there is a high speed train called train a grande viteese or in short TGV that runs on five major tracks.

Paris and the south-east France together with Lyon Dijon, Nice, Marseille, Avignon and Perpignon are connected by the TGV south-east line. This train halts at Geneva in Switzerland and passes through the French Alps.

Paris and the west coast are connected by the TGV Atlantic line. Nantes, La Rochelle, Toulouse the Loire Valley, Bordeaux and the French Basque are the stops allocated for this TGV train line.

The high speed TGV northern train line connects Paris to Lille and Calais, two of the major cities in the north of France.

Eurostar, probably the most famous train line, runs between Paris and London through the Channel Tunnel, stopping at Lille, Calias and Ashford in Kent along the way.

The high speed TGV Thalys line serves major European cities like Brussels, Cologne and Amsterdam, making travel to various European countries from France much easier.

There are many differences in the French life holidays than in some of our own. The holidays to the French mean a lot and are a true time to give to your loved ones and friends, not just gifts but time and love.

France really is dedicated to the Easter holiday. All of French churches do not ring bells for at least 3 days prior to Easter Sunday. Then On Easter Morning they all chime out all throughout the countryside and townsfolk embrace one another celebrate in the joy that Easter brings.

Children in France do not believe in the Easter bunny. The Flying Bells return on Easter morning and leave a trail of chocolate covered eggs in their wake. They are hidden among the houses and the gardens of children’s homes for them to search out and find.

France has a glorious Christmas season. Shops and residence are all decked out in holiday cheer. In homes some people still choose to decorate in old world style with candies in delectable arrays and nuts on their trees instead of the more modern glittery and lighted ones others choose to use. Stockings will not be hung by the hearths here, it is shoes instead to be filled by Pere Noel on Christmas Eve.