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What would they eat typically in France for breakfast, lunch and dinner? And what are some of their staple foods?

For breakfast they may have coffee and French bread or some type of pastries for lunch maybe seafood, pasta and a glass of wine. Dinner probably some lamb dish or chicken with a bottle of wine.

My daughter lives in France and has recently received a cheque in Sterling. She cannot pay it into her bank. Is there anyway she could endorse it and send it to me so that I could pay it into my bank for her when she eventually visits me?

You should be able to cash a sterling check in France at a bank at which she has an account, all be it at a cost. It would also take time. If the bank is refusing then she needs to insist. If she sends the cheque back to the sender would they transfer the money to a designated bank by a BACCS transfer? I had this done in France when my money was stolen when on holiday. It cost me and took about 5 days for the transfer to be completed.

I’m living in France right now and I need peppermint extract for a Saltwater Taffy recipe, but I checked my local grocery store and they don’t have it. Is there anywhere else where it is sold?

Sorry I live in the US, so not sure where to look in France…BUT you could always try online…just google it and i am sure there is a website that would sell it….
another thing you may be able to use is LorAnn Oils….they are tiny bottles of flavoring that are only $1.40 a peice and when you order them online, most website offer a package b/c the bottles are so small and cheap to ship…

I am looking to go on holidays in France in July or August and am very interested in the south-east area. I cannot find many airports in South-east France that Irish planes fly to. I would not mind if the airports were in France or Italy as long as they were near enough to France. I am also not interested in flying to England and then flying to France. I would like to fly from Shannon or Cork.. Any help would be greatly appreciated..Thanks!

The only flight available to South East France would be from Cork to Nice with Aer Lingus. This is available on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday, leaving from Cork Airport at 0640hrs.

http://www.corkairport.com/flight_info/

The furthest southerly destination available from Shannon Airport is to Carcassonne, with Ryanair, and again these flights are on Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday. But Carcassonne is more to the South West.

http://www.flightmapping.com/Ireland/Shannon/

France has 53 nuclear power reactors that produce 75 percent of the country’s electricity. Assume that conventional power plants account for the remaining 25 percent of France’s electrical power. Suppose that it takes at least 3 conventional plants to equal electricity produced from 1 nuclear power plant. How many conventional plants does France have?

To pick up the missing 25% France would need another 18 nuclear power plants or 54 conventional plants.

I’m doing a climate project and I have chosen it to be on France and I have a couple of questions.

How does the climate affect the people who live in France? What kind of crops do they grow and eat? Do many people have heaters or air conditioners in their homes?

France has quite a varied climate. People in the north like to take holidays in the south because the weather is so much better. People from the whole of France take winter sports holidays in the mountains.

People in the South spend much more time outdoors and are seen as being slow and relaxed !

France occupies a large and diverse land mass that produces varied weather patterns.

West & North West

The Atlantic coast enjoys a temperate maritime climate with mild wet winters and cool summers. The prevailing wind from the west is humid : rain and mist is frequent. Northern France is flat allowing this weather pattern to move further inland.

East

The landlocked east of France has a continental climate producing hot summers with cold winters. The mountainous parts have mountain weather, with rain (snow) increasing with altitude.

Central

The centre of France has a continental climate modified by the maritime effect increasing towards the coast.

Mediterranean

The Mediterranean coast enjoys hot dry summers and mild winters. Rainfall is at the same level as much of central France but tends to fall as torrential rain in relatively few days over the winter.

Winds

The west coastal area weather is influenced by the prevailing winds from the Atlantic. The Rhone valley has occasional cold Mistral winds blowing from the north. The west Languedoc area has a similar wind : the Tramontaine that blows from the NW.

Crops vary between sugar beet and apples in the colder parts to figs, olives, apricots and wine in the South.

Most people have heaters, but AC is quite rare.

Hours of sunshine is influenced by distance from the equator, and incidence of clouds caused by prevailing winds, sea and mountains.

By sunshine hours :
Toulon 3082
Marseille 3035
Nice 2826
Montpellier 2788
Bastia 2786
Orange 2730
Perpignan 2586
Embrun 2563
La Rochelle 2269
Millau 2205
Toulouse 2034
Bourg St-Maurice1982
Grenoble 1971
Bordeaux 1961
Poitiers 1925
Nantes 1896
Biarritz 1845
Clermont-Ferrand1830
Pau 1827
Rennes 1810
Lyon 1809
Dinard 1778
Tours 1749
Le Mans 1746
Chartres 1695
Brest 1674
Le Bourget 1673
Evreu 1658
Abbeville 1655
Trappes 1648
Reims 1644
Besançon 1626
Auxerre 1594
Saint-Quentin1577
Rouen 1572
Lille 1560
Limoges 1560
Cherbourg 1556
Strasbourg 1517
Nancy 1437

How many soldiers did the Germans commit to defending France?
Could they have won the war in the Soviet Union, if they didn’t have to defend France as well?

Germany attacked on too many fronts and were spent financially and depleted of petroleum. Hitler no longer trusted his commanding officers who in turn mistrusted him. Vichy France was being taken out by the French Underground and Germany’s days were numbered. By attacking Russia nearing winter, German soldiers moral was shot and they were poorly equipped with almost no ammunition, food, and winter supplies by the time the brutal Russian winter hit. To answer your question, yes Germany would have wiped Russia out early in the war because Nazi Germany took over all the oil fields in the Russian Caucasus while they were destroying France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and all of Eastern Europe as well as Southeastern Europe. Germanys problem was a poor Italian ally who could not fight this type of war on all these fronts. Early on in World War II, Germany was a juggernaut that was hell bent on world domination. A known fact is that Germany also sunk many American ships off the New York and Jersey shores and their submarines patrolled constantly in the Atlantic.

Hi,
I was in the United States for 6 months as a student (F-1 visa status), and I’m going to my home country, Sri Lanka, soon. I’d like to visit Paris on the way, as a tourist. How do I apply for a visa? Should I apply for one by myself, or are there people who organize tours in France for tourists, through whom I can apply?

You must apply for a visa yourself and do so from the nearest embassy or consulate to where you live.
See all information about visas on the following website:

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/entering-france_2045/index.html

The main French embassy in the USA is in Washington but is responsible for the following consulates:
Consulate General of France in Boston representing the far North- Eastern states
Consulate General of France in New York for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut[
Consulate General of France in Washington for DC and surrounding states
Consulate General of France in Atlanta for the South-Eastern states[
Consulate General of France in Miami for Florida
Consulate General of France in New Orleans for Louisiana
General Consulate of France in Houston for Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
Consulate General of France in Chicago covering the largest number of states, representing the North and West
Consulate General of France in San Francisco for the South- West, including the northern halves of California and Nevada
Consulate General of France in Los Angeles, covering the remaining south-western states and the remainder of California and Nevada
For contact details see:

http://www.mfe.org/index.php/Annuaires/Ambassades-et-consulats-francais-a-l-etranger/(country)/ETATS-UNIS%20D’AMERIQUE

I am planning to learn French in France, living there for at least a year if possible. My main concern is my tight budget. Any suggestion on schools, universities, scholarships?

Tuition in most French universities is almost free.You are unlikely to get a scholarship and you have to finance your upkeep yourself. You also have to prove to the university of your choice that you have adequate grades in your final years at school.
Most large cities have universities and some are better for certain disciplines than others.
You can get all the information on studying in France on the Campus France website through which your application for a visa has to be made.

http://usa.campusfrance.org/en/1.html

Is France a threat to others or a possible target? If so how?

I don’t believe France to be at all a threat (Don’t know where you got that from?), and certainly not a target in this day and age, only a target for terrorism, but isn’t the whole of the western world a terror target?

France are a key member of the EU and the UN and are a crucial peace keeping nation and respected allies of Europe and America.