Bastille Day celebrations in South Africa

[tod2]

I fell upon this blog and was amazed to read that Bastille Day is alive and well in sunny South Africa.

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Fascinating. It looks like Cape Town celebrates the Fête Nationale even more than Paris! Beside the French settlers who arrived in South Africa long ago, I know that quite a few French winemakers have settled there in recent years -- the weather and the soil are ideal.

[bixaorellana]

That was delightful, Tod! And Kerouac's comment about the intensity of the celebrations sounds like the disparity between St. Patrick's day in Ireland & the US, or of 5 de Mayo in Mexico & the US.

That's interesting about the French winemakers.

I guess all the French-in-France people seeing those pics felt great envy about how many more berets the South Africans have.

[nycgirl]

I was surprised to see a Bastille Day post in South Africa! Looks like fun.

I'm going to enjoy browsing the rest of the blog as I get ready for my trip.