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  Jean Dabrowski February 21, 2011 at 8:28pm

  Bonjour All!

   

  Nice Carnival has started!
  
  More information on our blog -- http://www.thefranceinsider.com/
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  Karen Fawcett February 16, 2011 at 4:41pm

  PARIS HOTELS 

  If you are looking for EXPENSIVE hotels in Paris, here's a partial list. Attention, if you have to ask the price -- think more than twice!

  A Few of Paris's most Luxurious Hotels
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  Tripatini January 25, 2011 at 5:05pm

  Featured on Tripatini's blog this week -- last week's most visited post: a hike through the charming Paris suburbs of Le Pecq & St.-Germ....
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  Karen Fawcett January 15, 2011 at 7:26pm

  Bravo~
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  José Balido January 15, 2011 at 5:53pm

  Félicitations, Monique!
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  Ed Wetschler January 15, 2011 at 5:05pm

  That's terrific, Monique. And you certainly deserve this honor.
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  David Paul Appell January 12, 2011 at 5:57pm

  Perhaps you hadn't thought of the Côte d'Azur as having much of a literary pedigree. But our current Read of the Week provides plenty of evidence to the contrary -- check out Tripatini member Ted Jones' The French Riviera: A Literary Guide for Travellers.
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  Sally Hammond January 10, 2011 at 1:51pm

  Thanks, Wink. This is a great help, thank you.

  Cheers,

  Sally

   
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  Wink Lorch January 10, 2011 at 1:32pm

  Hi Sally,
  

  I hope this isn't too late, but you will find a lot of (not just wine) recommendations on the Champagne guides on my site.

  Start at www.winetravelguides.com/Guides/France/Champagne and then cruise the menus from there. The Attractions and the Events sections might be most useful for you. Here is a copy and paste of the Attractions in the southern-most guide for the Aube:

  Events

  Foire à la Choucroute

  Every year in September some 40,000 visitors descend on the village of Brienne-le-Château (where Napoléon attended military school) to consume 20 tonnes of choucroute.

   

  Randonnée des Cadoles

  There’s no such thing as a free lunch, they say. Sometimes you have to sing for your supper. Turn up at the centre of Les Riceys on the first day of May every year and join in the organised run, and you’ll get a free lunch afterwards. The run goes through the vineyards, from one cadole to another, taking in 12 cadoles altogether, ending back at the heart of Les Riceys, enjoying some fabulous views along the way. Cadoles are unique to the Aube (see Circuit des Cadoles).

   

  Route du Champagne en Fête

  Over the last weekend in July and featuring music, entertainment and Champagne tasting, Route du Champagne en Fête rotates between different villages.

   

  Splendeurs de Troyes

  Medieval pageant in the centre of Troyes during the third weekend June, with knights, troubadours, minstrels, jugglers, acrobats and fire-eaters. Also features a regional produce market and tastings.

  Hope that helps.

  Wink
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  Sally Hammond January 9, 2011 at 7:01am

  Thanks, Karen, I will follow these up too. 

  Sally