Late Summer Events to Observe in France

It has been a tradition for the Fire Department to hold their own dance, wherein the firemen are the stars of the spectacle. Usually parties of this style abound in late summer or the period from the last week of June until the last week of September.

The spectacle is typified by very long days, where the sun sets only after nine in the evening and the days are smoking and the temperature can go as high as 38 degrees. During the time, the weather is so hot that most people do their gardening and household menial things in nothing but their bathing suits. Most homes also install their own swimming pools, either an assembled plastic thing laid on the garden or the traditional ones set in the ground. With this, a documentary even asserted that France comes second with the most number of swimming pools, after the United States.

As soon as the sun sets, the weather gets fine and it becomes very tempting to hold dinners in the garden or in terraces. Summer always means lovely evening meals and celebrations, with almost all residences entertaining friends and holding parties. The party atmosphere penetrates not only the private domiciles but also infests the whole village, the plaza, the churches, and the buildings where concerts, dances, and shows are held.