So it's the beginning of summer.. hot weather abound.. time to bring out the barbecue pit, prep up the garden, slap on dollops of suntan lotion and head to the beach or the camping site... and that, is the typical agenda for most French come summertime. We see very little sun most part of the year so people tend to embrace the sunshine and bask in the sun as much as possible to enjoy the warmth and get that coveted tan.It's the season with the longest and warmest days in the year.. we have approximately 16 hours of daylight right now. It was strange for me in the beginning to have my dinner when it's still bright and sunny outside. This is the only period in the year when we stack up the fridge with sorbets and ice cubes and lots of bottled water.
The start of summer also marks the celebration of the annual music festival in France. La Fête de la Musique is into its 25th year and everywhere throughout the country, thousands of musicians are gearing up to perform free concerts all night long. Under the French law, this is the one night in the year where there is no sound restriction at nighttime.Summer kicks off on a festive note.. and we can expect to see more performers and buskers in street corners, bars, clubs, parks.. who will keep us entertain throughout the season.
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Summer is usually the most waited season by French. It means... vacation, sun, barbecue, swimming, short sleeves shirts and sunbath (we love changing our colour for a darker one, cuter !).
Spring has this advantage that the temperature is more bearable than summer that can be sometimes really really hot (in the past years, it reached 40 ° in Auxerre).
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