Thursday, July 17, 2008

Bastille Day!


If you've never caught this French celebration, you must. The show is stunning. Not quite like us Americans are used to on Fourth of July, Bastille Day isn't a parade of high school marching bands and baton twirlers, but a showing of military might.

The grand finale, apparently a first for the 14th of July, was seven parachuters carrying flags of France, the EU and the UN who landed in the center of the celebration.