Spring Break is very strange. I grew up in France, so I don't know Spring Break. That doesn't exist in Europe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.
We are the last remaining country to allow ourselves two breaks in the season. You just have to look at England, Italy and Spain, they play right through the season. We on the other hand take six weeks off in the winter until the end of January, and that is a luxury.
In August most of Europe goes on holiday.
In France, Christmas is a family holiday. You stay home. New Year's Eve is when you go out.
Supposedly, summer vacation happens because that's when the kids are home from school, although having the kids home from school is no vacation. And supposedly the kids are home from school because of some vestigial throwback to our agricultural past.
An English summer's day is wonderful, but sometimes you have to look hard to find one!
The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
Europe is scooters. Europe is five young people on one bench sharing a chocolate bar. Their idea of entertainment and fun is so much different than ours, which is exactly why a movie about them would be funny.
The idea of 'ferie,' or summer break, is a long tradition of which all Italians, including myself, participate. It's a time to relax, reflect and recharge.