When in doubt, wear your Pompon
Today we woke up bright and early to get a good spot for the Bastille Day parade. It was quite a spectacle, with a long procession of military men & equipment.
Wow, the French have a uniform for everything. There's the tan-desert-fatigued Foreign Legion, the ski-toting Alpine rangers, the jungle-camo-deadly special forces, the ice-pick wielding mountaineers, the red-pomponned navy men, the swashbuckling cavalry. There were even a few frog-men thrown in, ready for watery action. We could only wonder at the army of specialized seamsters and dry-cleaners needed to maintain such an arsenal.
In the evening we headed to the Champ de Mars to watch the fireworks. The show itself was average, but I must say it was quite magical with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop.
Wow, the French have a uniform for everything. There's the tan-desert-fatigued Foreign Legion, the ski-toting Alpine rangers, the jungle-camo-deadly special forces, the ice-pick wielding mountaineers, the red-pomponned navy men, the swashbuckling cavalry. There were even a few frog-men thrown in, ready for watery action. We could only wonder at the army of specialized seamsters and dry-cleaners needed to maintain such an arsenal.
In the evening we headed to the Champ de Mars to watch the fireworks. The show itself was average, but I must say it was quite magical with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop.
posted by Piero & Olya Friday, July 14, 2006
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