I'm going to talk about France and French culture. I know France quite well
because it was the first foreign country that I visited as a child. I've been on
several family holidays there, and I lived and worked in Paris for a while after
finishing university. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about
France is the bread! I love the fact that French people buy fresh baguettes
every morning, usually from small local bakeries or 'patisseries'; it makes a
change from the loaves of sliced bread that most of us buy from the
supermarket here in the UK. One slightly negative difference I noticed in Paris
is that Parisians don't seem to make friends with their work colleagues to the
same extent as we do here. I really like the café culture in France. You can
always find somewhere interesting to sit and have a coffee and chat to friends
or just watch the world go by. I actually put on a bit of weight when I lived in
France because I got into a habit of having a croissant or a cake in every nice
café that I found. Another thing I could mention is that the last time I went to
France on holiday, I played a game called ‘boules’ every day. The game consists
in throwing metal balls as close to a target ball as possible. It’s the perfect
game for a relaxing afternoon when the weather’s hot.
