{"id":6037,"date":"2017-04-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T19:46:24","slug":"so-your-character-is-from-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/so-your-character-is-from-france\/","title":{"rendered":"So Your Character is From France … Featuring Victoire @ Mon Coin Arty & Fraise Fruitrouge"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nIt’s time for this week’s So Your Character is … Post! This is a weekly segment where I interview lovely volunteers from around the world to give you a firsthand account of being a citizen of their respective country or having a disability. I’m hoping to encourage international diversity, break stereotypes, and give writers a crash course on how to write a character from these different places on our planet. If you haven’t checked out last week’s  So Your Character Has OCD …<\/a> be sure to hop on over there and give it a read!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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I had the opportunity to actually go to France on a mission trip for eight days. It was an amazing experience and my first trip to Europe (I plan to have many more!). I really enjoyed the French culture I experienced both in the countryside and in Paris. I also have French blood, so some of my family come from France. I’ve always felt a special connection to the country since I was a little girl and I’m so happy to learn even more about it from Fraise and Victoire<\/span>!<\/span>
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Disclaimer: The content below may be culturally shocking to some. Each of these posts are as uncensored as possible to preserve the authenticity of the cultures of each of the interviewees.<\/span>
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\nHi, I’m Fraise. I’m 19 years old and a psychology student. In my free time, I enjoy music, especially singing, watching Doctor Who or writing. I currently live in Germany, but as I am French and have family in France, I have spent (and still do spend) a lot of time there.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My name is Victoire. I am a sixteen-year-old teenager living in Nice, in the South of France. I still live with my parents and my sweet cat. I go to high school. What is a good point, but also an inconvenience (because I never have enough time) is that I enjoy doing a huuuge amount of things : reading, writing, taking photographs, doing art, dancing\u2026 And a lot of subjects interest me : Music, Fashion, Literature, History, Design\u2026 and much more ! I plan on being a journalist, to talk about Art, because I think this subject is the one that groups best all my hobbies.<\/span><\/span>
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What do you feel is unique to your country? Landmarks? Celebrations?<\/b><\/span>
\nFraise: <\/b>Most celebrations in France are the same as in most western countries, like Christmas or Easter. On the 6th of January (Epiphany), french people eat the \u201cgalette des rois\u201d, which translates as cake of the kings. It’s a round cake with almonds, and hidden inside it is a little figurine. The person who get’s that figurine in their part is the \u201cking\u201d for the evening and gets to wear a crown.<\/span>
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\nThe national holiday is the 14th of July, where we commemorate the Storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the French revolution. There are big fireworks everywhere in the country and a huge parade on the Champs Elys\u00e9es in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n most known city of course is Paris, with the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame,
\nMontmartre, the Champs Elys\u00e9es and any many more.  Other big cities are
\nMarseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Lyon, Lille, \u2026 <\/span>But
\n France has many other landmarks. There are antique sites in the south,
\nfor example the Nimes amphitheatre, the Pont du Gard or the roman
\ntheatre in Orange. We have many stunning medieval towns or sites, like
\nCarcassonne or the abbey Mont Saint Michel in Brittanny. The Loire
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Victoire:  <\/b>Most of the celebrations in France are religious (Christmas, Easter, Ascension, Pentecost\u2026).
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