France vs. Delaware

Talloires, France (Olden Days)

I looked back at some of the more recent LC/sg posts and noticed something strange.  A few days in Delaware generated more content than almost a week in the idyllic French Alps.  Not that I'm knocking The First State ®, but this struck me as a bit unbalanced, considering the fact that this is what our France trip looked like:

Talloires, France (early June, 2010)

So, in an effort to restore the natural order of things and give France its due, I'll throw another French post in the mix--before Les Bleus are officially eliminated from the World Cup.

The French version is more like un petit sequoia

While it's hard to compare the two--a whole country oozing with Culture (and cheese) and a very small, flat state with bacon ice cream and lots of crabs--I did find one odd similarity.  

Both the state and the country seem to have a thing for chicken mascots. 

Footix the Rooster

The France 1998 World Cup Mascot

YoUDee (the Fightin' Blue Hen, I presume)

I have to say that Delaware's mascot looks a bit more intimidating than the perky Footix, especially with the huge blue index feather threatening the world at large.  Though, the French team did win the World Cup that year, and Delaware did not.