Bastille Day in Paris 1900

 

July 14 is Bastille Day in France. And yesterday when the clock struck midnight in the country, people in the Paris 1900 area in Second Life were celebrating with a party in a sky platform above the sim. People were dressed in red white, and blue, and waving French flags. From the stage, someone was playing accordion music. Not very fluent in French, I couldn't understand the chatter very well. But it was a friendly crowd. 

The Paris 1900 region is best known for its Eiffel Tower, which can be found at Paris Eiffel (14, 99, 21). There may be some events today.

Bixyl Shuftan
 

Bastille Day in Paris 1900, The Creation Story

July 14, or "La Quatorzieme (The Fourteenth)" as it was known in France, was Bastille_Day, or officially known there as "la Fete nationale" (the national celebration). And so in the Paris 1900 sims, they were throwing a party. The event lasted two hours, with a DJ, a performance troupe, and live music, provided by Sylvana. The event took place in the Paris 2000 and the Les Champs Elysees sims.

There probably hadn't been as much red white and blue around since the American Independence Day celebrations ten days earlier. While the majority of the crowd were "Francophones," there were a number of English speakers happy to join the party.

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That night at 7PM was a showing of "The Creation Story," a Christian stage production. Performed by Pet Karu and Unity Stage Productions, the Newser wrote about them several years ago. Pet stated then that the point of the play was getting the Christian message, “not just from the pulpit, not just from church, but in a new light.”

The play was performed in front of a mixed crowd of human and furred avatars. The play will take place again today at 4PM, Friday the 28th at 7PM, Saturday the 29th at 2PM, and Sunday the 20th at 4PM

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Bixyl Shuftan

France Portnawak

Fritter Enzyme recently took a look at France Portnawak. This picturesque sim boasts a number of places to explore, as well as some spots ideal for couples to relax on. There's also a lighthouse, and the local store has some freebie items. And there are the horse and boat rides. All to some nice relaxing music. The one small problem, at least for "anglophones," the signs and descriptions are all in French.

Read Fritter's article in Places.

Geo Roulette: A Game of Random Explorations

Ever feel like just exploring new places? A few years ago Xymbers Slade wrote about doing so using the system of Stargates then. But suppose you have no idea where to find one? DrFran found a new way to visit locations at random and made a game out of it: Geo Roulette. In her article today, she explains the rules and a few locations she found while playing.

Read DrFran's article in Places.

Africa Live

In Second Life, you can meet people from all across the world. Africa is no exception. Bixyl Shuftan met up with someone from the Africa Live group, and was given a tour of the community's place in the Estings sim. So what did Africa Live have to offer? Quite a bit.

Read more in Places.

SL Video: SL Aviation Magazine - Issue 1

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Luke Flywalker hosts "SL Aviation," in which he attends a flight by the French Air Force Acrobatic team, and goes to the set of the "War in Vietnam" film.

SL Youtube: "Celebrate" SL9B Party

A video of a party at SL9B, by "Chaîne de Sliennedunord"