Culturally Glancing at France
      

An old proverb says "if you love him, send him to New York, because it is the heaven;

if you hate him, send him to New York just the same, because it is the hell".The

Chinese young people dreaming of further study oversea always feel ambivalentabout

American carrot and stick. California dream seems to be fading on and on. Waken up

on the seashore in Florida, the war drum and anthem from Marseilles reminds me of

the birthplace of freedom, democracy and caritas - France, where is the treasury of

artwork all over the world and  light-purple lavender and flower-de-luce blossom in

Provence.

Part Ⅰ: Drivers & Passers-by

      I was completely confused by the "road-culture" when I came here. There are cars

as many as incalculable, much fewer passers-by and fewest bicycle-riders all around.

1.         Cheap cars and expensive bicycles: It seems that car is NOT affordable for

anybody in France although the productivity of carmakers is much higher than the

population-birthrate here. Nevertheless the price of bicycles is extremely high far

beyond what I supposed of. Eagerly to own a bicycle here just as the second-hand

one I bought at