Articles tagged ‘Rugby World Cup’
Learning the Haka
By Parisgirl | October 4th, 2007 |
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Marie Linton reports for “Le Parisien” how the traditional ‘Haka’ provides an opportunity for kids on two sides of the Channel (UK & France) to practice their language skills and also learn the dance that has been made famous by New Zealand’s rugby players.
The ‘haka’ dance instruction is taking place at Paris’s Musee [...]
High Five! C’est So Paris
By Parisgirl | August 21st, 2007 | Add a Comment »
It’s not every day thatLe Parisien takes its hat off to an Anglophone website wooing English-speaking tourists, so ‘Chapeau’ or ‘Hats Off’ to C’est So Paris.com for its two How to Speak Parisian videos ( I’ve noticed for the past few weeks, ever since president Nicolas Sarkozy’s foray into the Amerique profonde, [...]
Elvis Lives!
By Parisgirl | June 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Even if you may not be a natural Rugby fan, the fact that one of France’s 30 players for the World Cup happens to be named Elvis (Elvis Vermeulen), Clermont Club, is cause for interest. According to Wikipedia, Elvis Vermeulen earned his first cap on June 16, 2001 against South Africa. He scored [...]
France’s World Cup Rugby Team
By Parisgirl | June 16th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Not an easy job for Bernard Laporte to pick the 30 players that will represent France in the Rugby Wolrd Cup. I don’t pretend to be a Rugby sports fan, but the fact that the finals will be played on Paris turf this September is already enough to get me interested - I [...]
Get Ready for the Rugby World Cup in Paris this September!
By Parisgirl | May 23rd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
If you haven’t already heard, the 2007 Rugby World Cup comes to Paris in September. (September 9 to October 20) Even if you don’t happen to be a rugby fan, you’ll want to plan on ahead for a trip to Paris in September. Needless to say, hotel rooms will fill up quickly.
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