Paris and the big cities are pretentious, dumb and mostly useless.. "Natural History Museums", "Archeological museums" or "This particular local thing museum" are often nice place, but not in the big cities The real France is the one with farmers, hunters, artisans.. the one with old people sitting, waiting, who knows what, on the side or the road in small villages.. The country with 25 different breeds of cows (no counting the bulls living in the south, we have our own cowboys in Camargue) and 1200 cheeses, 45k castles of different sizes and styles and around 80 local “ancient” languages.. That France is slowly disappearing.. killed by Paris and EU I live in a small town, because i have to, but i would rather live in an isolated place in the wood .. (but still knowing i can knock to that door 5 miles away and ask for salt and i will be warmly welcomed and called by my name) I feel the same about the US.. Except for History Museums i don't care about New York or Washington (I confess i'm a little curious about Los Angeles, because of tv shows/ movies) or worse.. San Francisco and Portland.. The US is a gorgeous place, with a real culture and a rich History. Alaska, Death Valley, giant sequoias, swamps and everything in between..

But we are suffering from the same disease.. Governments, politicians and big city people who think they are the center of the universe If you like the American countryside, you would love the French one. Our people are not that different (except i have to keep my AR in a safe :/ ) (i'll try to post again on this blog, things about my country) Thank you for your message Sorry for the late answer @theswordofdamntheseknees (Local cowboys playing around during Aigues Mortes town fair, the little town was build by Saint Louis in order to have a port on the Mediterranean for the last crusades )