Activités

photo taken from Gadling

Before I go to Vichy, I want to compile a list of activities I'd like to do while I'm there.  Number 1 on the list is the Festival de Cannes.  Even though it will be near the end of my stay, it's IMPERATIVE that I go for at least one day.

According to the Festival de Cannes website, this international film festival was set to be held in Cannes in 1939, but did not take place until a year after the war in 1946.  For a while, the festival was in September, but now it is held every May. 

Cannes belongs to each and every one of us who, year after year, from wherever we are and in our own individual way, contributes towards creating it step by step. It is only by constantly analyzing the Festival, adapting its function and encouraging debate about it that we will continue to make it the very best it can be. Cannes must be open to new ideas, while remaining faithful to its past, of course. Diversity can only enrich it. That´s what makes the Festival de Cannes our festival. --Thierry Frémaux

I'd be lying if I said I'm not a little bit excited about possibly seeing a celebrity or two at the festival, but mostly I can't wait to experience such an essential part of French history.