Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
July 11th, 2008
Since the Village Square is all about building bridges, and because I just happen to be in France visiting my sister…
I hadn’t thought in a while about some of the parallels between their revolution and ours.
Just a thought as you gaze upon the Arc de Triomphe.
Entry Filed under: Beyond our borders
9 Comments Add your own
1. lea | July 12th, 2008 at 9:15 am
thanks for rubbing it in that you are in france and i am in tallahassee…
2. Liz | July 12th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
la mission a accompli
3. lea | July 12th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
guess what i have for you… a cd containing our soon to be new favorite sermon from 2007. it is all ready to go in your cd player when you return home to the states…
4. Liz | July 12th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Wait! Soon-to-be-favorite? You’ve really piqued my curiosity. I can’t wait! I should probably just come back from Paris early to end the suspense?
5. lea | July 13th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
you are only allowed to come home early IF you have already purchased my gift from france (and remember that the parisians gave us the statue of liberty, so i am thinking of something large and meaningful in the same spirit…)
6. Liz | July 13th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
just as long as you don’t have your expectations set too high or anything.
i heard today that Obama has an 85% approval rating in France. Are you sure you want a gift?
7. lea | July 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
umm, i am sorry BUT WHEN DID THE FRENCH START VOTING FOR OUR PRESIDENT. of course he has an 85% approval rating in france… they don’t like us. (ok so that was NOT civil, towards obama supporters or the lovely french people who brought us good french things such as fries and kissing.) but it was funny in my head…
8. Liz | July 14th, 2008 at 7:47 am
You think “the French” is of those left/right Rorschact tests? (Other than the jerky French waiter who actually refused to serve me yesterday but that’s a whole ‘nother story) I don’t think the French don’t like us, I actually think that mostly the whole world roots for us. I think they see us, like we see ourselves, as the shining city-on-the-hill. But sometimes they criticize our behavior, which friends sometimes do with friends? That doesn’t mean there aren’t some cheap shots taken by people like my Montmarte waiter (clearly a really bad man, he’s probably even murdered people…)
Perhaps The Village Square can do a season on FRANCE (with adequate study aboard opportunities available of course).
9. bon mot, or not | July 16th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Liz - I can’t wait for the next season of The Village Square! It’s going to be great. Thank you, and enjoy your trip.
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