If you’re a stamp collector and a rugby fan, you won’t want to forget to stock up on La Poste’s Rugby World Cup collection. My favorite is the stamp ‘Allez les petits’.
You can see the current display of rugby theme postage stamps at Le Musee de la Poste (Salle 11). Rugby was being played in France as early as 1913.
If you read French, be sure to also check out the Rugby stamp archive.
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The last week of August is a great time to be in Paris - to remember the liberation of the city at the end of World War II (August 25, 1944). Today’s Le Parisien treats us to a video of the liberation.
It’s impossible, unless you had been living in Paris at the time of the German occupation to truly understand the meaning of that day. Imagine that for the past few years, Parisian residents had to watch German soldiers march each day from one end of the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde - finishing up within view of the Commanding officer’s window at the Hotel Meurice.
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Julie Cloris reports for today’s Le Parisien ‘Fait du Jour’ that almost 5000 showed up to pay their respects to the recently deceased Archbishop Jean-Marie Lustiger.
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Sunday, July 29th the Tour de France will finish up its last 130 km leg of yet another alledgedly ‘enhanced’ event.
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Looking for the perfect kind of love? Look no more! Nicole Willis is in town and will be performing tomorrow night (Tuesday, July 24th,’07) at the Bus Palladium. 6 rue Pierre Fontaine. Metro: Pigalle 9eme arrond.
It’s thanks to the site www.gogoparis.com that I was introduced to Nicole Willis’s great soul music, and in particular, “Perfect Kind of Love” which you can listen to on Nicole’s myspace site.
You can read the full bio about Nicole at the gogoparis.com site - very cool sound!
NICOLE WILLIS AND THE SOUL INVESTIGATORS
Go see her …
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In France, La Poste or The Post Office is much more than just a place to buy stamps. You can also do your banking at the post office, and before the days of mobile phones and phone cards, foreign students used to go to the post office to make their long distance phone calls.
But today, I’m extending a ‘merci infiniment!’ a la Poste upon receiving the news that one jolly old fellow, Bejamin Franklin, will be back in town on December 12 at Chateau de Vincennes, thanks to La Poste who will be underwriting his visit to participate in a celebration of the Marquis de Lafayette’s birthday.
If you’d like to know more about the history of the postal
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September 7th is just around the corner - the opening match of the Rugby World Cup games in Paris (St. Denis) at Stade de France. France vs. Argentina.
Even though the games are officially sold out, there are still some possibilities of buying tickets . According to the official site, you should click on the event you’d like to attend and where it says ‘unavailable’ you should click once more to bring up the e-mail message screen. Fill in your e-mail contact information and who knows? Maybe you’ll be lucky.
Maybe you …
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Photo from EDF French Swimming Open
For the first time since the 1930s, Paris is sponsoring an international swimming event. It starts today in the Bois de Boulogne.
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So, you’d give your eye teeth for a Michelin-star meal?
How about your blood for a Michelin-star nibble?
Today’s Le Figaro video shows blood donors at Place de la Bastille being treated to some tasty petits-fours and sushi prepared by one of Hotel Crillon’s chefs.
Normally, blood donors receive a croissant after their donation, but from today until Sunday, July 29th at Place de la Bastille, 1 pm to 7 pm, blood donors will be treated to gourmet goodies.
Got spare blood?
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Beach rugby, in honor of this year’s Rugby World Cup, starting Sept 8th in Paris, is just one of the new additions to Paris Plage which is multiplying - there are now THREE locales to go to the ‘beach’ in Paris. Paris Plage opens TOMORROW, July 20th 2007 at 8 am.
The traditional 3 kilometer stretch between the Metro stop: Louvre (Line 1)and Metro: Pont du Sully Metro: Sully MOrland (LIne 7) is where you’ll find beach rugby.
If you’re looking for a Josephine Baker swimming pool, free lectures, music and …
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