Articles tagged ‘Events’
Mark Your Calendars: England vs. South Africa Sept. 14th
By Parisgirl | September 13th, 2007 |
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Stade de France, September 14th 9 pm.
Will you be there?
If you’re not at the Stade de France, stake out your spot at the Bombardier Pub just across from Eglise St. Etienne du Mont.
Watching the Rugby World Cup for Free in Paris
By Parisgirl | September 6th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Palais du Chaillot viewed from the Eiffel Tower
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
Hotel de Ville for Big Screen Viewing of the Rugby World Cup
Tonight, (Sept 6 ‘07) you can see the Eiffel Tower bathed in Rugby colors, and if you’re looking for a big screen or an ‘ecran geant’ for watching the opening games, you [...]
Rugby World Cup: Ou est le stade?
By Parisgirl | September 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
“Where is the stadium?” translates as “Ou est le stade: or ‘oooo ay le stod?’?” in French.
Maybe this reminder is redundant for rugby fans - but just in case - in the beer-induced haze of being in ‘la Belle France’ you forget - there are TWO stadiums, one in the Paris city [...]
Rugby World Cup Parking in Paris
By Parisgirl | September 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Whether or not you plan on attending the Rugby World Cup, parking in Paris for the next two months is going to be a real headache. If you’re renting or leasing a car at CDG, you’ll want to ensure a safe, accessible, 24 hour guarded parking spot in Paris. You can save [...]
Sebastien Chabal - Vercingetorix Reincarnated?
By Parisgirl | August 31st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
He’s been nicknamed ‘The Cave Man’ but maybe Vercingetorix might not be a bad comparison either. Vercingetorix is known by practically all French school kids as the fearless leader of the Celts (or the Gauls) as the Romans called the Celts
In two major battles Vercingetorix faced off with the Romans (52BC). At Gergovie, [...]
Paris Rugby World Cup Survival Kit
By Parisgirl | August 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
“Oui, je parle Rugby” is the name of the campaign sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The idea is to encourage visitors coming to France to practice their French language speaking skills by talking rugby.
This ’survival kit’ which I found posted on the France Diplomatie site will include 250 rugby terms in [...]
Bjork in Paris at Rock en Seine
By Parisgirl | August 30th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Slowly, but surely, Paris is becoming the epicenter of rock festivals. 65,800
festival goers gathered at nearby Domaine de St. Cloud for the fifth edition of Rock En Seine which also drew a record number of English speaking fans from across the channel. One of the big reasons rockers form UK decided make the trek [...]
Rugby World Cup Goes Green
By Parisgirl | August 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
France’s minister of the environment, Jean-Louis Borloo wants the Rugby World Cup 2007 to be ‘ecolo’ or ecologically correct. He’s setting the standard high: “After the Sydney games, it will be the biggest ecologically responsible event of the planet.”
Whew - that will be a tough goal to fulfill. First of [...]
Rugby World Cup Stamps at La Poste
By Parisgirl | August 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
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 [...]
La Poste, Culturally Speaking
By Parisgirl | August 27th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
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, [...]
