Things You'll Need:
- French Bread
- Picnic Lunches
- Champagne
- Picnic Basket
- Picnic Blankets
- Airline Tickets
- Champagne Flutes
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Step 1
Plan ahead and travel to Paris to enjoy the celebrations. Expect fireworks, military parades and dancing in the streets.
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Step 2
Look for Bastille Day celebrations closer to home. French restaurants and Francophone organizations are great places to start your inquiry about festivities for the public.
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Step 3
Celebrate by having an evening picnic of wonderful French cheeses, French bread, French wine, grapes, pâté and your other favorite French gourmet treats.
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Step 4
Make a reservation at a local French restaurant, and order something new and different. Alternatively, learn to make your favorite French food.
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Step 5
Memorize the words to "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem since 1795.
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Step 6
Wear blue, white and red, the "tricolore" of France, or don a beret.
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Step 7
Sample true bubbly from Champagne, or conduct a taste test between French Champagne and the American equivalent.
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Step 8
Take a moment to contemplate the freedom you enjoy that many in the world do not.











Comments
Anonymous said
on 7/14/2006 Remember the amazing contributions, spirit and wisdom of the French people, and pray for their leaders on this joyous holiday!
And if you are a French national reading this, have a lovely day wherever you are! I will be dreaming of Paris all day myself, it has been too long since my last visit.