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Vive la France! Great country, art, culture and most of all the food and wine. Undoubtedly, the greatest wine varietals in the world…sorry California. I’ve been lucky enough to have traveled there several times. My great grandparents were from Alsace-Lorraine and immigrated to Louisiana and Texas in the 1880’s. My grandparents named my Aunt, Lorraine after their homeland.

For decades my grandparents owned and operated the Hotel Martinet in San Diego, Tx. Captain Richard King from the King Ranch was said to have written in his memoirs, how much he enjoyed staying and dining there.

The view from above in a hot air balloon may be better than on the ground. Sadly, France finds itself in a difficult situation with its faltering economy and society. Unemployment and race relations are abysmal. Race riots, “no go zones,” and sexual assault against women are not uncommon. The result has given rise to the conservatives, Marine Le Pen, RN party.

It would seem that the imperial past has come back to haunt French society. Many from Africa and the Middle East have not assimilated well. The national religion of Catholicism has felt threatened by Islam and calls for massive immigration reform.

The grotesque spectacle of the Olympics in depicting The Last Supper in drag has angered many French and resulted in a massive prayer service in support of the church.

The leadership of Emmanuel Macron has been disastrous, high inflation, unemployment, crime…sound familiar?

French energy policy has been a bright spot. With 80% of electricity generated from nuclear power, it leads the world and should be a model for the US.

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Polly Frost's avatar

Thanks, Calla. Love hearing about your balloon adventure! About France, this is my limited perspective, but Macron seems to me to have been a disaster. He seems to have divided France with his policies which to me seem insane and duplicitous rather than Centrist, rather like the DNC this week.

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