While the isthmus was heating up in the political debacle of mid-1968, we strengthened our studies on language and culture during the summer in France it would change our vision of tourism forever.
A handful of colleagues from my school Worcester High School, Massachusetts We joined a group of over fifty students from various regions of the United States on an adventure that would strengthen our young souls during 10 weeks of study and field trips throughout the Republic of France.
These were the times of geopolitical changes in the post-war world. While the great music of the Beatles jukeboxes and radio stations sang, long-haired young people promoted radical changes in our way of life, thoughtfully questioning the status quo. So after the Air France flight from New York to Orly airport in Paris, we encountered serious disturbances which They transformed French thought and society.
Living through it served as a preamble to brainstorming young and old in this era of climate change, political definition, unacceptable wars and continuous violence in a world where homo sapiens, instead of learning from its past, continues keeps the flame of prehistoric tribalism alive which has united and separated us throughout history.
Traveling nourishes the soul and helps us expand our horizons. Immersion in France, in the provinces, outside its award-winning capital, on the peaks of its Alps in Annecy, the royal palaces of the Loire, the stoic Mont Saint-Michel on the Atlantic coast of Normandy, the centuries-old vineyards of Bordeaux and the endless series of towns and cities of its Mediterranean Côte d’Azur, remains an unparalleled gastronomic and cultural feast in Globe.
So the magnet that we discovered in Amboise more than half a century ago not only remains valid, but also full of the boiling energy that pervades cascade tourism while we languish here in sterile figures without finding the magic wand that enables the real takeoff of our unparalleled destiny.
During 2024 The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) predicts that France will it will remain at the forefront of the global smokeless industry with a contribution of $240 billion to the country’s economy due to the more than 100 million tourists who will visit it throughout the year.
At the end of August, we will be present in the capital of France during Olympic Games ceremonies, join the long queue mid-morning to taste the only dish served by Le Relais de l’Entrecote restaurant at 15 rue Marbeuf, courtesy a platter consisting of generous pieces of meat in a very secret sauce, accompanied by real fries, tasting them with a glass of Merlot red wine. Voila la joie de vivre!
Source: Panama America
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