ARE YOU A SHOPAHOLIC?

• Pay only cash
• Make a shopping list before going for them.
• You have other activities when the urge to buy endlessly ahead.
• Seek professional help either individually or in a group.

TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY

• Save your change. Putting aside a part of money every day, over the course of a year will allow you to save nearly 40% in a emergency fund.
•  Keep track of your spending. At least once a month, use credit card, checking, and other records to review what you've purchased. Then, ask yourself if it makes sense to reallocate some of this spending to an emergency savings account.
•  Never purchase expensive items on impulse. Think over each expensive purchase for a good time. Acting on this principle will mean you have far fewer regrets about impulse purchases, and far more money for emergency savings. 
• Defined a budget. Beginning on the first day of a new month, get a receipt for everything you purchase. Stack and review receipts at the end of the month, and you will clearly be able to see where your money is going.
• Aim for short-term savings goals, such as setting aside $20 a week or month rather than long term savings goals, such as $200 over a year. People save more successfully when they keep the short-term goal in sight.
• Always seek the best discounts. Buy stuff latest collection is irresistible but very expensive. Some things like Christmas ornaments, some clothes and accessories can be purchased off-season and if they save and spend less.
• Keep your debt level as low as possible. Paying for the borrowed money is the most cost there. Always try to get the best interest rate and borrow as little as possible.

MYSTERIOUS

The mystery of drones flying over the Parisian nights

Some small unmanned aircraft flew strategic sites of the French capital, as the US Embassy, the Eiffel Tower and other landmarks. The French authorities are concerned - and impotentes- address these unidentified flying objects illegally plying the skies amid fears of further terrorist attacks.

The source Fontesforbes

Legend has it that there was a cave, now blocked, inhabited by fairies who beat their linen dresses with gold causing terrible noise coming from inside the source Fontestorbes says. One day one of these fairies asked him to a local woman to leave one of her children entered the cave. In gratitude for trusting them, the fairies were presented to the woman with a golden wand able to make all your wishes. When she died, the sons fought over the wand breaking it into pieces were again without magical powers wood.

     Fontestorbes the power source is a peculiar as it is located inside of a cave whose driveway is submerged under water in cyclic periods of x minutes. Once the water starts to grow, you have to leave quickly if you do not want to end up giving you a bath.

Castle Montsegur 

The place of great Cathar extermination on which so much tell the history and legends. Within its walls has been said that were hidden the Holy Grail, the Treasure of the Templars or to the great secret of the Cathars. Despite its popularity is precisely the Cathars, the fact is that the castle of Montsegur and had several previous constructions and its location on top of a mountain almost impregnable walls I became almost a sun temple.

   In the surroundings you will find many strange symbols and inscriptions, especially on a route different from the tourist climb.

    As happened with Montserrat, the name of Montsegur also attracted the Nazis in search of the Holy Grail to these lands. Even today many French citizens left alive who contacted Nazi agents. The choice of these two sites for finding was based precisely on the similarity of the name with Montsalvat, the mountain where the Grail was in, for example, the operas of Wagner on the subject. The Nazis, true lovers of Wagner, did not hesitate to look there. And given the Cathar legend of secret treasure fallen the night before the fire, yet they did it with more conviction.

UNCONVENTIONAL AND AMAZING HOUSES

French living spaces are typically a house that often has 2 floors and lots of windows for each room with various colors and a very nice outlook and a roof of tiles, mean while the houses of the XVIII century are more tall families would live in the same space for long time and where more squared than the modern houses.

 

 

 

 

Arc de Triomphe

 

 

 

 

Located on the Avenue Champs Elysees in Paris, is a neoclassical monument commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806, to commemorate the military victory at the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805. The Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean-Francois Chalgrin, has a height of 51 meters and a width of 45. His entire construction was completed in the 1830s.

 

Building in Strasbourg

 

 

 

 

 Colombage type houses, typical of the architecture in Strasbourg, construction technique with traditional wood region, Alsace, France.

 Eiffel Tower

 

 

 

The Eiffel Tower, is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ  de Mars  in Paris,

 The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.98 million people ascended it in 2011. The tower is 324 metres tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building.+

 

 

Châteaus

 










  Is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally—and still most frequently—in French-speaking regions

 

 Chaumière

 

 

 

 

 It is a traditional farmhouse in western Europe. Named after its roof, covered with chaume (straw of wheat or rye, or stems of reeds). In France it is, above all, in Normandy and Brière.
Currently chaumière word is also used to refer to a family home or just an old farmhouse.
This type of construction is given in several European countries: UK, Germany, etc.

 

 

ABOUT FRANCE

- Is a unitary sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe  and several overseas regions and territories. 

- Has a population of 66.6 million.

-Metropolitan France  extends from the Mediterranean Sea  to the English channel  and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean; due to its shape, it is often referred to in French as The Hexagon. France is one of only three countries  to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines.

Capital: Paris

Largest City: Paris 

Language: French

Currency: Euro

Population: 60,180,529 

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Muslim 10%, Protestant 2%, and Jewish 1%

Area more than 210,000 square miles includes the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea

Highest Mountain Mont Blanc, in the Alps. It is the highest mountain in Europe.

Longest River: River Loire

Natural resources: coal, iron ore, bauxite, fish, timber, zinc, potash

-Metropolitan France has four broad climate zones:

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• Firstly, west and northwest have an oceanic climate, warm but not hot summers and cool but not cold winters. Secondly, northeast has a semi-continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. Thirdly, south has a mediterranean climate, hot summers and mild winters. Finally in the Alps, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Jura and the Vosges have a mountain or alpine climate with mild summers and cold winters.

Why is famous France ?

France is famous for cheese, more than 350 kinds of cheese are made in France (Camembert, Brie, Roquefort) wine, perfume (Chanel, Dior, Givenchy) and cars (Renault, Citroen, Peugeot).France is also famous for the Tour de France and the Eiffel. 

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