14th of July is a special day for all the Frech people. It is the Bastille Day. That day some 200 years ago, Paris famous bastion, castle and the prison was destroyed.The Bastille was a fortress and a prison in Paris stormed by the people of Paris on 14 July 1789 with all prisoners set free. It was the beginning of the French Revolution. It is celebrated every year as the French national holiday and it is known in English as Bastille Day. Bastille is a French word meaning "castle", "stronghold" or "bastion"; la Bastille in French, the Bastille in English refers to the prison.
In the morning there was a large army parade along the Chanse Elisee starting at the Arc de Triumf. After waching the parade in a very crowdy streets we search for some peace in the Pompidou Centre, a galery of Modern Arts. It was full of unique looking sculptures and paintings.
Late in the evening there was a concert at Champ de Mars, in front of the Tour Eiffel with contemporary French artists performing in the open air. It finished with spectacular fire works above the Eiffel Tour, the size and beauty I have never seen before. It all finished very late, around midnight but fortunately we were only about 10 minutes walk from our apartment.
Late in the evening there was a concert at Champ de Mars, in front of the Tour Eiffel with contemporary French artists performing in the open air. It finished with spectacular fire works above the Eiffel Tour, the size and beauty I have never seen before. It all finished very late, around midnight but fortunately we were only about 10 minutes walk from our apartment.
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