Did you know that in France they don't actually call it 'Bastille Day'. It's referred to as 'la Fête Nationale' and it consumes an entire weekend which can basically be summed up with two words exploding with heat and action: fireworks and firemen. To cover my bases, there are many things to love about Paris. And I do. I love many things about Paris. From the Eiffel Tower (as cliche as that is, looking at it, at any time of the day, just makes you want to have sex with that boulanger, patisser, or the bum with the "j'ai faim" sign on the street) to the Seine and any of its Ponts (for its effect, see: Eiffel Tower), to all the buildings looming over you with such incomprehensible gravities of importance. Everything, from the jardins to
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