Bridge Days

Wonderful things, bridge days.

In France, there are 11 official national holidays every year and 5 of these fall in May !

In the UK if a public holiday falls on a weekend then the public holiday is taken on the following Monday. Not in France. If a public holiday falls on a weekend then it is lost.

However, the French aren’t going to be cheated!, if a bank holiday falls on a Thursday or a Tuesday, they don’t believe that it is really worth going to work on the Friday or Monday so they ‘faire le pont’ (make the bridge) to make a long weekend !!