National Holiday

IT IS ALWAYS a fun experience to be in a country when they celebrate a big national holiday. Today is 14 Juillet -- the biggest holiday of the year.

We won't be in Paris (pictured), but we'll celebrate in our part of the country. We're tempted to head to Carcassonne (where they claim to have the largest fireworks display outside Paris), but we're a bit worried about traffic. Carcassonne is a city of about 40,000 people, but on 14 Juillet they have nearly 750,000 in town for the celebration. Getting out of town after the fireworks can take hours. And of course, since we are at the far western edge of a time zone (CMT), the sun doesn't go down until about 10:00 so the show won't even get started until about 10:30.

One thing we'll do for sure is watch the big parade in Paris on television. Kids always like a good parade.
CJS