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Obama hails `sheer improbability' of D-Day victory
Submitted by France.com on June 6, 2009 - 7:14am.OMAHA BEACH, France – Recalling the "unimaginable hell" of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and turned the tide of history.
"The sheer improbability of this victory is part of what makes D-Day so memorable," Obama said.
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Obama arrives in Paris after visiting German camp
Submitted by France.com on June 5, 2009 - 11:42am.President Barack Obama has arrived in Paris after meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany and touring the Buchenwald concentration camp, where tens of thousands of Jews perished during the
Search Teams Converge on Presumed Air France Crash Zone -
Submitted by France.com on June 2, 2009 - 8:02pm.Brazilian air force aircraft on June 2 found signs of debris that could be from the missing Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The jet disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm on June 1, 2009, with 228 passengers and crew ...
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Top 10 trains around the world
Submitted by France.com on June 1, 2009 - 1:41pm.The French sense of style extends to train travel and the TGV is an acronym for "train grande vitesse" - or high-speed train -- which can travel at 357 mph while the passenger runs hit 200 mph. Top route: Lorraine - Champagne-Ardenne Japan's original
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Prehistoric Sites of Aquitaine
Submitted by France.com on May 9, 2009 - 2:16pm.It all started 400 000 years ago, when Homo Erectus arrived in Perigord, coming from Africa.
The traces of early settlements show his ability to use some technology, like two sides’ flint, or fire, signs of adaptation to the cold environment in the glaciations eras.
Later on, Neandertal took his place; first species originating from Europe, he left numerous remnants of the tools he used or the game he hunted, until he disappeared 30 000years ago. He was the first human ancestor to bury the dead, thus testifying of a spiritual behaviour.
Alsace Route des Vins (Vineyard Route)
Although less famous then Bordeaux and Burgundy, the Alsace vineyards are among the oldest in France.
