Le Rhône Alpes est en dehors des Alpes qui borde la Suisse et l'Italie. La plus haute montagne est le Mont Blanc. Les Alpes sont connus pour leur ski fantastique, et ont accueilli les Jeux olympiques d'hiver à trois reprises.
La ville de Cannes a accueilli un festival de cinéma international depuis 1946. Vedettes de cinéma passer une semaine à la plage pendant que leurs films en compétition pour les prix. dans la ville de Grasse, l'industrie est la taille de parfums. Des millions de fleurs sont cultivées pour créer de belles odeurs.
In the Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur, perfume is one of their main industries. Famous perfumes like Chanell and Molinard have always been made in Grasse. Over twenty-seven tons of Jasmine is harvested every year and sold/made into perfumes. "Le nez" are people specifically trained to use their noses to smell and make new perfumes all of the times. They are expected to have over 2000 scents memorized on any given day. They will sit in front of hundreds of bottles of different scents while they smell and chose to make inventive smells, and after they have made the recipe, its sent off to be mass produced and tested.
In Cannes, film artists and actors flock to the city for the annual Festival de Cannes. Juries are put together to judge new films and present awards to directors, actors, writers for their work. It is one of the most well known film festivals in the world. The festival brings in a lot of tourists despite the fact that it is a small city.
Vocabulary list
Côte D'Azur- Blue coast
l'Italie- Italy
de galets- pebbles
accueilli- hosts
Vedettes- stars (famous people)
Sources
-"Festival De Cannes - From 15 to 26 May 2013." Festival De Cannes - From 15 to 26 May 2013. N.p., n.d. Web. Oct. 2012. <http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/yearsInPictures.html>.
-French 1 Book p 246-247
Provence-Alpes-Côte D'Azur seems like a really pretty place. I love the picture of the purple flowers and I find it interesting that famous perfumes are made from it. (:
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