My friend and I were lucky enough to be in Paris for the French National Day, and of course we couldn’t afford to miss the two main celebrations, namely the military parade and fireworks. The military parade is a chance for the French armed forces to strut their stuff, now that they don’t really have many deployments to attend! The parade started off with the arrival of president Jacques Chirac surrounded by cavaliers in front and behind him, in a scene reminiscent of the ancient royals. Soon, fighter jets flew over the spectator crowd and left a trail of the tricolour of France – blue, white and red in the sky. Other military aircrafts passed over us afterwards in low altitude. Although the scenes of aircrafts in parade are quite familiar from watching TV in the past, it was still the first time I saw so many flying aircrafts at such a close distance. The army later also put on a formidable show with their armoured vehicles, transport trucks, tanks and other vehicles racing down Avenu