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Featured at the France Show was a fascinating display of images sponsored by the London College of Communication – University of the Arts London and Maison de la France representing the 22 French cities – which encouraged young photographers from the UK to take photos of French cities from a different perspective. ………Continue reading France-emotion – Great photos of French cities [ November 28, 2008 to December 24, 2008. ] Besançon Christmas Market (Doubs, Franche Comte) runs from 28 Nov – 24 Dec 2008. Besancon the capital of Franche-Comté, has just been declared as a Unesco World Heritage site. The town’s Christmas Market offers carol singing, arts and crafts, local products, folk ………Continue reading Besançon’s Christmas Market Amanda Lawrence’s new bookWhite Stone, Black Wine: focuses on part of deepest South West France, and although subtitled ” Life Among the Ancient Vineyards of the Quercy Blanc” it is about so much more than wine, as important as this is. Quercy is the ancient name for an area which includes the departements of Lot ………Continue reading Exploring the White Quercy in South West France The Discovery of France by Graham Robb has proved to be a fascinating book on the history not so much of France as of the peoples of France. The book tries to make sense of the many contradictions and facets of France as we experience it as fellow citizens of Europe, and in its telling ………Continue reading Discovering France and the French France always seems to be a little schizophrenic about new technology – rather backward and bureaucratic in some areas, yet at the cutting edge in others. France invented and rolled out Minitel nationally many years ago which was a pre-cursor to the web and an impressive technology, but sadly overtaken by the personal computer and ………Continue reading Internet access when touring France The Telegraph (19 Aug 08) includes a boat trip up the Rhone Valley as one of its top 10 river cruises: ………Continue reading Water and wine – French vineyards by boat |
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