When I travel to France, I often take pictures that seek to explain what I love about the country. I did so on a recent trip. This isn’t meant by any means to be a complete list, but a random sampling of what makes the French so…..French.

And who understands women better than the French? We love shoes. We love chocolate. Here are Chocolate Shoes at the Cadiot-Badie chocolate shop in Bordeaux

Tear down an old building to modernize it? Pourquoi? Who says a medieval basement can't have all the mod-cons we need?

Charming wine bar shows photos of heads of state drinking wine. The French admire those who know how to enjoy themselves.





















So, some of these you could find in Seattle. yep, really. But not the demitasses and tractor. That is PURE France!!! Way to know how to live, people!
I know. That just cracked me up when they brought out the demitasses in the vineyard. Where else but La Belle France!