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[ May 1, 2009 to May 3, 2009. ] [caption id="attachment_1786" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Fete des Plantes"][/caption] A timely reminder from Colin Elliott, who runs a French Garden design company at Chabris (36 Indre, Centre) who will be exhibiting at the Garden Festival (Fete des Plantes) at the Chateau de la Ferte St Aubin from 1-3 May 2009. For more info see www.chateau-ferte-st-aubin.com la Ferte St Aubin is ………Continue reading Garden festival at Ferte St Aubin [ February 14, 2009 to February 15, 2009. ] Despite the huge number of villages across France named after saints, there is only one which is named after St Valentine – at St Valentin (36 Indre, Centre), west of Issoudun and South West of Bourges. Styling itself the “Villages for Lovers” (le village des Amoureux) the website at www.village-saint-valentin.com/ is very French and just a ………Continue reading St Valentin on St Valentine’s Day? [ December 8, 2008 to December 24, 2008. ] Chartres Christmas Market (Eure-et-Loire, Loire Valley) runs from 8 – 24 Dec 2008 The younger ………Continue reading Chartres Christmas Market and Skating rink 8-24 Dec 2008 [ July 4, 2009 to July 26, 2009. ] Each July the French get very excited about 180 or more professional cyclists who cover 3,500km over three weeks racing around France, including staggering climbs in the Alps and Pyrenees. [caption id="attachment_1239" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Tour de France 2009"][/caption]With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially ………Continue reading Cycling’s Tour de France 2009 [ October 12, 2008; ] Another major French spectacle takes place on 12 October 2008 with the annual professional cycle race from Paris to Tours in the Loire Valley. Starting on the outskirts of the capital the route extends over 250km (over 160 miles) and takes about 5-6 hours before arriving in the city centre of Tours. There is always ………Continue reading Paris – Tours cycle race There seems to be increasing evidence that the Loire Valley is producing ever better Sauvignon Blanc wines – especially from the Touraine (south of Tours) and east towards Sancerre (which is technically from the “Centre”, but is nevertheless in the valley of the river Loire!) There is a significant area from the southern Touraine eastwards ………Continue reading Revisiting Loire Valley White Wines |
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