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[ January 23, 2010 to March 3, 2010. ] Dunkerque (62 Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) manages to brighten up the miserable nothern French winter with its annual Carnival from 23 January to 6 March 2010 ………Continue reading Dunkerque Carnival 2010 When the Channel Ferry operator Speedferries collapsed last year many people were caught with pre-paid tickets and vouchers which could not be honoured. ………Continue reading Nothing left for Speedferries Customers LD Lines Ferries are changing over to a traditional ferry on their Dover-Boulogne cross-channel route which will increase capacity and competition on the short-sea crossings from Dover. Also there is now a new Ferry port at Boulogne which will hopefully be less down-at-heel than the previous landing point. The new terminal is called the Boulogne ………Continue reading All change at Boulogne Most of us hit the autoroute as soon as landing (or de-training) in Calais and heading South (or East), the most frequent diversion being for shopping in one of the Hypermarkets or the Cité Europe complex at Coquelles. ………Continue reading Calais attractions [ June 21, 2009 to August 31, 2009. ] Until the end of August 2009 Le Touquet (62 Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas de Calais) is hosting a Sand Sculpture exhibition. But this is not just children’s sand castles on the beach which will be wiped out at the next tide – no these are art sculptures using special sand brought in from Belgium, and with ………Continue reading Sand castles at Le Touquet [ July 2, 2009 to July 5, 2009. ] The Brits invade northern France -The town of Arras (62 Pas de Calais) hosts a top line-up for its “Main Square Festival” from 2- 5 July 2009. Artists include Franz Ferdinand, Duffy, Lenny Kravitz, Kaiser Chiefs, Moby, Lily Allen, Coldplay and many others. The festival in the imposing Grande Place in the heart of ………Continue reading Pop in Arras’ Main Square Festival |
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