Calais is celebrating the opening of a new space for the arts at the old Abattoir, now known as “le Channel”. This is an interesting complex of buildings which lends itself to a wide range of artistic events – performance (theatre, music, dance) and art exhibitions in a number of different sized and venues. From [...]
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For the Christmas Market in Arras (62 Pas-de-Calais) which runs from 30 November – 24 December 2007 there is a touch of the Alps with a Swiss Festival being the highlight on Saturday 1 December – Swiss music, art, cheese will endow the Grand Place with a real alpine feel. The town of Licques (62 Pas de Calais) about 16 miles south of Calais holds its annual Turkey Festival (Fête de la Dinde) in the run up to Christmas (15-17 December 2007). This involves herding the doomed birds through the town with a competition for the best bird. These Turkeys are prized for their moistness [...] Etaples (62 Pas de Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) celebrates its 15th Herring Fesitval (Fete du Hareng Roi) on the weekend of 10-11 November 2007. Boulogne-sur-Mer (62 Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) celebrates Christmas well with a particular focus on Christmas foods. Most French autoroutes between major towns and cities are toll motorways, which whilst often offering fast and uncrowded dual-carriageways, can nevertheless add significantly to the cost of a trip through France – e.g over €90 (over £60) on a one-way trip from Calais to Nice (1226km of motorway driving about 760 miles). However there are significant [...] With the 2007 Rugby World Cup kicking off in early September, it is worth knowing when and where the matches are to be held – if only so that you can avoid the additional heavy traffic for several hours around the match time. Particularly susceptible to congestion will be the Paris Peripherique and the A1 [...] Georgia v Namibia in Lens South Africa v Tonga in Lens England vs USA in Lens The choice of budget airline routes from UK to France is impressive, Markets in 62 Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais var uri = ‘http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp/js/16266974/1194888?’ + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); Aire-sur-la-Lys Friday |
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