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[ May 16, 2009; ] Throughout France and the rest of Europe the “Museum at Night” weekend takes place on 16 May 2009. This event provides free access until late at night for many varied and fascinating Museums, galleries, exhibitions etc and is designed to encourage visitors to discover the treasures which are often under-appreciated. So as an example there are ………Continue reading European Museum Night France need not be too expensive this year despite the poor exchange rate against the euro, especially if you take advantage of early booking discounts on most of the cross-channel ferry operators. ………Continue reading Special offers from Brittany Ferries this Spring 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 Brittany is so different from the rest of France, especially the departement of Finistere (29 Bretagne) which stretches to the “end of the world” and the most westerly points of mainlaind France. It includes the most pleasant port of entry by sea into France at Roscoff on Brittany’s north coast. Served by Brittany Ferries ………Continue reading Roscoff and Concarneau – a tale of two Brittany ports [ September 21, 2008; ] The Quiberon peninsula on the southern coast of Brittany (56 Morbihan, Bretagne) hosts the annual Solex Rally – “Le rallye Solex de Quiberon” on the second Sunday of September – a fun run for those iconic petrol-driven mopeds which were so popular in post-war France. Funny costumes, wacky races and a general celebration of an ………Continue reading Quiberon’s Solex Rally Despite already having a well-developed high speed train (TGV) network, the French have plans to double the length of the special TGV lines by 2020 from the current 1750km. Trains a Grand Vitesse (TGVs) do run on on many major routes, but not all the line is a dedicated TGV track which permits speeds of ………Continue reading France to expand high speed train network |
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