[ November 28, 2009 to December 24, 2009. ] [caption id="attachment_2706" align="alignright" width="200" caption="© Guichard / Office de Tourisme de Caen"][/caption]
Caen (14 Calvados, Normandie) holds its Christmas Market from 28 November to 24 December 2009. This is a traditional Christmas market of wooden chalets in the centre of the town (Place du Theatre)
….over 50 stands selling with an outstanding array of Christmas goodies and
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[ June 17, 2009 to June 21, 2009. ] [caption id="attachment_1734" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Tour de Normandie - classic car rally "][/caption]Every year the Association Tour de Normandie des Vehicules Historiques (Classic Car Rally of Normandy Association) organises a rally of vintage cars through the back roads of Normandie.
The 2009 Tour de Normandie takes place 17-21 June 2009 and comprises a leisurely amble through the
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[ September 13, 2008 to September 14, 2008. ] Caen (14, Calvados, Normandy) is a major French port and a cross-channel ferry port – but, of course, the Ferry docks at Ouistreham which is on the coast, whilst the city of Caen is 10 miles inland – but is nevertheless a major port in its own right, by virtue of the Caen canal which
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[ July 4, 2008; ] France has big rivers and great bridges – the spectacular Viaduc de Millau on the A75 autoroute(12 Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees) and the Pont de Normandie on the A29 autoroute between Le Havre and the Normandie coast (14 Calvados, Normandie) being great recent examples.
Almost simultaneously the birth of 2 other spectacular bridges is being celebrated – the
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[ June 11, 2008; June 12, 2008; June 13, 2008; June 14, 2008; June 15, 2008; ]
The 2008 Tour de Normandie takes place 11-15 June 2008 (See map) and comprises a leisurely amble through the Normandy countryside (le Bocage) and along the coast. Starting from la Ferté-Macé (61 Orne, Normandie) the with music and a parade of the vehicles on 11 June, the rally proper starts with a route heading
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