Located at the heart of France’s hexagonal territory, Auvergne is a sparsely populated land of volcanic plateaus and large valleys. Unlike the Alps to the east or the Pyrénées to the southwest, its highest peaks reach only 6,000 feet above sea level and are free of snow in summer. The local authorities? efforts to safeguard the environment have made Auvergne one of the last protected zones in Europe.
Before going to Auvergne, familiarize yourself with its history and its gastronomy.
Hi my name is Luca.
I am a 23-year-old italian guy.
In august I and friends of mine are going to start to a trip in France by motorbike.
I want to reach the Basse-Normandy. My stages are: Clermont Ferrand, Nantes, Caen, Bayeux, Abbeville. Can you tell me about hotel, hostels, roads, and so on, pratically everything.
Thank you very much
Air France has acquired control of KLM Royal Dutch, the two carriers announced Tuesday, cementing both their agreed merger and the privatization of Air France.
In a joint statement, the French and Dutch airlines said they had cleared the last hurdle in the merger they agreed to last year to create Air France-KLM, the world’s biggest airline in terms of revenue.
KLM shareholders tendered almost 42 million shares representing 89.2% of the airline’s capital in a share swap offer that closed Monday evening, the statement said.
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The United States expects to soon begin releasing some detainees from its Guantanamo prison into the hands of French authorities, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday.
Seven French nationals are among around 600 people held at the camp in Cuba because Washington suspects they are members of al Qaeda and Afghanistan’s former ruling Taliban militia.
The U.S., which has held the detainees caught abroad in its “war on terrorism” at the Guantanamo U.S. naval base in Cuba, has already handed over some prisoners to countries such as Britain and Denmark.
0 Read MoreVandals painted swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on headstones at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, an act that drew the swift condemnation of the government on Friday.
French President Jacques Chirac promised a tough crackdown on anti-Jewish violence after the vandalism on the cemetery in Herrlisheim.
“Anti-Semitism is contrary to all the values, principles and ideas of the Republic,” Chirac said.
Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin’s office said he immediately wrote a letter to a local Jewish group to express outrage, and Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin called off appointments and immediately headed to the village in the Alsace region.
0 Read MoreTwo days before the EU embraces 10 new members, French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that enlargement will turn Europe into an economic powerhouse, but he warned that Turkey has not yet met the conditions to join.
Speaking at a rare news conference at the Elysee presidential palace, Chirac sought to reassure the French public about the EU’s expansion after opinion polls showed people are concerned about its effects on employment and social welfare — as well as on French national identity.
“I want to say to French men and women that this Europe, which is our common heritage and birthright, is now more than ever an opportunity for us and our future,” the president said in a brief speech before taking questions.
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There is an offer of a free rail pass to American and Canadian D-Day Veterans. I’ve posted the information and web link in the Travel Help section below.
Hopefully, this will help cure the France-USA rift that is the subject of this post. It is a generous offer anyway.
4 Read MoreRail Europe’s free 4-day pass for D-Day veterans (US and Canadian)
Rail Europe is delighted to make two exceptional offers: 1. A free 4-day pass for American veterans. This pass is for exclusively for U.S. D-Day veterans and D-Day veterans residing in the United States. The 4-day pass, which remains valid for 6 months after it has been used for the…
(This is also for Canadian D-Day Vets. You can read about it at the following web site.)
http://us.franceguide.com/magazine/article.asp?idc=10344&
10 Read MoreAs the ink was drying Monday on a $65.5 billion merger deal promoted by the French government between Sanofi-Synthélabo and Aventis, the prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, took to the podium at his residence, where he had just met with a group of international businessmen.
Launching into a discussion of French competitiveness, Raffarin explained that France had become an exciting destination for foreign investment.
France, he said, was only misunderstood – so much so that the government was planning to begin an advertising campaign at the end of May to attract more foreign investors to the home of Bordeaux wine and high-speed trains. “France has changed,” was the central message of a nine-page PowerPoint presentation on the advertising strategy.
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