France

Reawaken your passion for beauty, living and loving in this sophistication capital of Europe. The French do things differently as you will notice the moment you set foot in the country. They pride themselves on their culture, their writers and cinematographers, their sense of fashion and beauty, their philosophers and painters, and above all their language. It is the language of love, so they say. So don’t come with your English language skills to France, you will be snubbed; it is after all just a bad imitation of French.

You can excuse the French their arrogance, it is after all the country that brought us the enlightenment, Descartes, Voltaire, Versailles, driving on the right side of the road, and much more. There is a certain charm in their haughtiness, something perhaps quintessentially French about it. It belongs to France as a glass of wine for lunch does, or the baguette does, or that delicious yet smelly French cheese does, and even as the ever-striking French worker does. Without any of this, France would not be France.

So sit back and idle in one of the many pavement cafés, visit a Paris fashion show, enjoy the warmth of the Côte d'Azur, taste wine in a chateaux outside Bordeaux, cycle or drive along the Loir, ski the Alps, mingle with the nouveaux riche in Cannes, and more.

Whether you love art, music, literature, haute couture, cuisine or romance, France has it in abundance and variety.