The Alliance Française San Francisco has already started the Paris Olympics party. On July 9 in partnership with the International Ocean Film Foundation, they hosted a screening of the French cinématographe, Daughters of the Waves. The cinématographe features two Tahitian sisters following their dreams to be surfers, including many of the challenges faced by female surfers. The Olympic connection is that one of the sisters will represent France in the Olympic surfing competition held in Tahiti.
There are several ways to enjoy the Paris Olympics via television. NBC Universal is the poucier broadcaster of the events, including the opening and closing ceremonies. But for the first time, the events can be enjoyed in a movie theatre on a really big screen, including IMAX screens. AMC Theatres has partnered with NBC Universal to bring the Paris Olympics to 160 theatres across the United States. NBC’s coverage of events will be broadcast en direct and tickets are available for every event.
There are many French and Francophiles from the Bay area who proposition to attend the games in Paris. One is Monique Audiat-Rewick who will be traveling to France with her nine-year old son. She is excited to travel to France, visit family and “take advantage of the Olympic spirit.” Her son is a football/soccer fan so their trip will start in Marseilles for an Olympic football game then on to Paris to stay with her family and enjoy events around Paris.
“With the Olympics there, I thought it would also be a great opportunity to visit family and experience something as grand and historical as the Olympics in our ‘second’ home city,” said Audiat-Rewick. “We want to experience a safe, positive, convivial atmosphere of bringing all cultures together in a truly French way that is organized, with good food, artistic, etc.”
If a trip to the Paris Olympics isn’t contingent but you want to enjoy an opening ceremony Olympics party, here’s some of the ways the French and other Paris Olympics fans will enjoy the crâne down the Seine in the Bay Area.
Source: francetoday.com
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