Meaux is not just cheese and mustard….#France
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Dijon is famed for its mustard (Moutarde de Dijon) and hence it comes as a shock to hear that the company Maille is closing its mustard factory in Dijon (21 Cote d’Or, Burgundy). Whilst that is sad for the 300 or so workers, it does transpire that in any case most Dijon mustard is made outside ………Continue reading Dijon without the mustard? 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. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling’s Tour de France 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. Tour de France 2009 With lots of razzamataz, commercial sponsorship, scandal and sporting achievement, it is a spectacle well worth seeing – especially as ………Continue reading Cycling's Tour de France 2009 The start of the cycling season in France is marked by the somewhat mis-named Paris-Nice race which runs from 3rd – 10th March 2013. Mis-named because although it does indeed finish in Nice it does not start in Paris. This year is pushes off from the Saint-Germain-en-Laye (78 Yvelines, Ile de France), about 20km west ………Continue reading (almost) Paris – Nice Coulommiers (77 Seine-et-Marne, Ile de France) celebrates its annual Cheese and Wine Festival 15-18 April 2011. Coulommiers cheese comes from the area South East of Paris where Brie, the better-known classic French cheese is also made. Like Brie, it is a soft uncooked, unpressed cows milk cheese which can be made with either pasteurised ………Continue reading Coulommiers Cheese & Wine Festival Coulommiers (77 Seine-et-Marne, Ile de France) celebrates its annual Cheese and Wine Festival 15-18 April 2011. Coulommiers cheese comes from the area South East of Paris where Brie, the better-known classic French cheese is also made. Like Brie, it is a soft uncooked, unpressed cows milk cheese which can be made with either pasteurised ………Continue reading Coulommiers Cheese & Wine Festival Coulommiers, home of one of the Brie cheeses, has a wine and cheese festival in Apirl ………Continue reading Coulommiers Cheese and Wine festival The recently opened A77 Autoroute between Paris and Nevers is named “Autoroute des Arbres” ………Continue reading Autoroute of the Trees – A77 |
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