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.
Les Halles is an area of Paris, located in the 1er arrondissement. It is named for the large central marketplace, which was demolished in 1971 to be replaced with an underground modern shopping precinct, the Forum des Halles. Special is that the open air center area is below street level, like a pit.
0 Read MoreThe cimetière de Montmartre, a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson, Paris, France.
1 Read MoreThe UK, France and Germany are planning to hold high level regular meetings much more often, as they believe that in an enlarged EU, important issues could be best discussed among a smaller group of nations.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw are hoping to meet their French and German counterparts roughly every six weeks, writes the Telegraph.
0 Read MoreEurotunnel is planning to run commuter trains from France and its own freight trains to and from mainland Europe to offset the fall in revenues brought on by a savage price war on cross-Channel routes.
The Channel tunnel operator, which saw income from passengers fall 11% last year in the face of a 20% drop in prices, is also planning a further shake-up of rail services before the end of its guaranteed income from train operators in late 2006.
0 Read MoreI know that the french are very romatic.
How do you spend a typical valentines day.
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Hello everybody,
I am french and I live near Paris.
I need to improve my English writing/speaking.
So I search for someone who wants to improve his French writing/speaking with me.
We could help us together !
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Bonjour tout le monde,
Je suis français et je vie prés de Paris.
Jai besoin daméliorer mon anglais écrit/oral.
Donc je cherche quelquun qui voudrait améliorer son français écrit/oral avec moi.
Nous pourrions nous aider ensemble !
I have heard that there are several very good haute couture consignment stores in Paris. Does anyone know who/where they are?
Merci!
Most countries make do with just one head of government. But in France these days, there appear to be three.
The titular head, of course, is Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the country’s rumpled and amiable prime minister, whose popularity ratings took a battering over the past year. Then there is President Jacques Chirac, the canny 71-year-old survivor of France’s turbulent political currents, who is taking an increasing interest in the day-to-day running of the state.
But prominently center stage stands presidential wannabe Nicolas Sarkozy, the country’s cocky, popular interior minister, who has made no secret about his ambitions to take over Chirac’s job in the 2007 elections.
0 Read MoreFrance urged its EU partners Tuesday to stub out “tobacco tourism” by smokers shopping around for the best cigarette prices, warning that this was costing tax revenues and undermining health campaigns.
But French proposals to raise the minimum excise duty charged by EU member states for a packet of cigarettes received a lukewarm response at a meeting of EU finance ministers, and are likely to stay on the backburner for some time.
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