Hey, we watched the three little pigs.

Bastille Day!

Just kidding. Not yet Bastille Day. But we learned a whole lot about Bastille Day and the French Revolution. We learned about the beheading of the king and Versailles and the storming of the Bastille and the multiple republics and so on. We even visited the site where the Bastille prison once stood. Coming from a young country with just two governments over the years, one revolution , and one civil war, I was astounded by the various changes, wars, etc. that have taken place in the past 300 hundred years of France's history.

The monument dedicated to the June and July Revolutions that
stands near the original site of the Bastille.

After learning about the French Revolution, we also had a chance to sit in on a puppet show in the Jardin du Luxembourg featuring Guignol and the three little pigs. Although we couldn't understand anything that was being said and most of the crowd consisted of children, I loved getting to see a piece of French culture that was so different yet somehow similar to the entertainment of our childhoods. Guignol was pretty funny too.

The actor behind Guignol whose family has owned the
puppet theatre for decades.

Until next time and au revoir. M