We love France, the French people, the towns and villages, their wine, and ……… their enduring and delightful ways of maintaining and demonstrating their culture. Festivals that celebrate obscure events like the grapes first turning red, the escargot, the moule, and so on. But there is a sure fire way to see how much they believe in their history and culture. Wander around the smallest of villages and note all of the street names, such as here in Chinon:
Categories: Philosophy
Be mindful today #24 The Present Usually Hurts! 
Be mindful today #23 Reorder Your Life! 
Be mindful today #22 Your Last Act 
Be mindful today: #21 Gradual Awakening 
The Two Doctors 
I think we have pride in our past but we demonstrate it in a very different way to the French. We are patriotic but not Nationalistic. Our multiculturalism is a legacy of our Imperial past. We cannot turn our backs on commitments that were made two hundred years ago. We celebrate Nelson Mandela because we created him. Just some quick thoughts.
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It’s true the French take enormous pride in their culture, history, heritage, food……..it’s one of the things we love about living here.
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Yes, the street names are a visual expression of it, but it’s in their wine especially as they rightly stick to appellation names on wine bottles and not the grape, except in Alsace. A source of interest to me, but mystifying to the novice😂😂
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Novice, that would be me!
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Always time to learn, grapes, appellations, terroir, vignerons. That’s it …. go for it!
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When I retire
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It’s actually a pleasurable learning experience because you have to taste everything to understand 🍷🍷🍷 Why wait?
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It’s finding the time to fit it in, plus I’m not a big drinker.
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