Hailstorm on All Saints' Day (France) – Video

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Hailstorm on All Saints #39; Day (France)
copyright 2012 Lisa B. Falour, BS, MBA all rights reserved LISA, INC. (EURL) cutecatfaith.com This is Saint-Denis, just outside Paris, France. I have lots of clips up on my two channels here (the other is SLOBOMOTION) and on Dailymotion under "LisaFalour" which deal with the very changeable weather in Paris. Hallowe #39;en is not celebrated here. They try to introduce it kind of as a commercial thing, but really, it #39;s not done here. (Nor is Christmas, that much, which is seen largely as a somewhat unimportant religious holiday. They consider other Christian holidays more important.) Christmas is just kind of "for the kiddies." But you do get two birthdays here every year. November 1 is a national holiday in France, and November 2 is Day of the Dead but they kind of blow that off. On the first, they visit the cemetery and take chrysanthemums. This year, Le Toussaint fell on a Thursday, so everyone was pretty happy (except for me -- I needed a doctor and a pharmacy and was out of luck) and arranged for Friday off -- they got a four-day weekend. There are usually three of these long holiday weekends possible in France in November, but it depends on the year. Ditto for the month of May. I woke up and it was dark and very rainy. And pretty cold -- also inside. Our apartment does not have radiators or heating ducts. The heat is via the floor and ceiling and is communal, so you cannot control it. Everyone in this building shares in the cost (also for water). It rained all morning ...From:CuteCatFaithViews:3 1ratingsTime:02:59More inPeople Blogs

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