Posts Tagged "france"
The truffles I’ve seen
THE Perigord region of southwest France is a fabulous food destination.
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The truffles I’ve seen
Flights to Brive to be launched by Jet2.com
Jet2.com will launch new cheap flights to Brive, Larnaca and Paphos from Manchester Airport next summer. It is the airline’s first route to Brive, which is located in France’s popular Dordogne region
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Grape fun: wine harvest festivals
There’s never a bad time to visit a vineyard, but one of the best is harvest time, when there are festivals, tasting events and even the chance to help pick the grapes Vendimia festival, Jerez, Spain Three weeks from Saturday, 4 September Jerez de la Frontera in Andalucía, sherry capital of the world, becomes a hive of wine-related activity and parties from the first weekend in September to celebrate the Vendimia festival. There’s bullfighting (including a comedy bullfight), motorcycle racing and flamenco dancing, as well as grape picking. The family friendly festivities kick off with the Queen of Sherry parade, when she tosses a bunch of grapes into a press for four workmen to tread for the first official pressing of the vintage, and children run after her chariot to catch the sweets she throws
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Grape fun: wine harvest festivals
Miró’s paintings are expressions of astonishment and joy
Rare works and thoughtful presentation at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden makes Miró retrospective a pleasure After just a few steps in the brightly lit, spacious rooms of the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, which has mounted this exhibition of works by Joan Miró , we were already wondering which other 20th century artists could be as generous towards their fellow humans. What other painter deploys so light a touch and so much variety to enchant us with his whirling forms, while remembering more serious subjects and powerful emotions?
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Miró’s paintings are expressions of astonishment and joy
Topless tourists face fines as France cracks down on public nudity
Brits who go topless in France this summer risk being fined as cities bring in regulations designed to protect public decency. Perpignan is the latest to ban semi-nudity in public.
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Topless tourists face fines as France cracks down on public nudity