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Archive for the ‘Sport & Recreation’ Category

October 14th, 2007

This ‘Fair Weather Fan’ Will Now Return To Shopping!

As I wrote in my first post about the Coupe du Monde de Rugby, I was not interested in watching the games and said I would rather do some serious shopping instead! Well, can I help it if rugby fever just took over Paris big-time and swept me up along with it?!
After yesterday’s match with […]

By Lynn -- 5 comments

October 12th, 2007

Rendez-vous With Les Bleus, the Brits and Pavarotti?!

I never thought that I would be writing more than one post about rugby on my blog, but can I help it if Paris fans continue to grow as Les Bleus continue to win! I mean when even the statues in Paris begin to wear rugby T-shirts or you see T-shirts suspended in the middle […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

October 7th, 2007

The Haka Kapa O Pango - A No Go!

Rugby Fever catches on as the XV de France advances by beating the much favored New Zealand All Blacks in a major upset, 20-18! No one would have given France a chance, in you know where, to end up victorious, especially when the All Blacks were leading by 13-0 in the first half; but les […]

By Lynn -- 2 comments

October 3rd, 2007

France vs New Zealand

If you’ve been following the rugby matches then you know that this week-end (Oct. 6) France will be in the quarter finals of the Coupe du Monde de Rugby against the New Zealand All Blacks. Talk about psyching out the opponent, the All Blacks have a monopoly on this market with the Haka Kapa O […]

By Lynn -- 1 comment

September 30th, 2007

16K Paris - Versailles

For the 30th year (!) the 16k race from la Tour Eiffel to the Château de Versailles will take place on the 30th of September with more than 20,000 runners participating. The race begins at 10h00 at the base of the Eiffel Tower with a fanfare of music for the send off. The finish line […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

September 8th, 2007

La Fête à Neu Neu

The Fête à Neu Neu going on in the Bois de Boulogne is one of the oldest fairs in Paris that was started in 1815 by Napoléon I.  If you love rides and attractions, then this is the place to be.  If you’re a jazz lover, then this is the place to be.  If you don’t […]

By Lynn -- 0 comments

September 7th, 2007

Coupe du Monde de Rugby

I recently mention in my theme day blog that I was a fair weather fan of football and American football, stating that if France was playing in the World Cup, or the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Superbowl, then I became interested like everyone else. So! You can imagine how interested I am in rugby!
               The […]

By Lynn -- 11 comments

August 27th, 2007

Foot vs. Football

Once again we have a theme day here at the Travel & Culture Channel and the theme happens to be the NFL. Well as far as I’m concerned, neither football or American football interest me very much….that is of course unless France is doing well and there’s a possibility of them going all the […]

By Lynn -- 2 comments

August 1st, 2007

Fête des Tuileries

Wondering what to do with the kids while it seems all of Paris is asleep? Okay, not asleep, but gone off for the summer holidays….then the Fête des Tuileries is just the place to go!
This carnival atmosphere that has taken place every summer for more than twenty years at the Jardin des Tuileries will continue until […]

By Lynn -- 2 comments

July 31st, 2007

La Grande Roue - Now You See It, Now You Don’t…

….and now you do again! It’s like a magical ferris wheel doing a disappearing and reappearing act these past few years! The big wheel as many call it was built for the millennium celebrations in 1999 and was suppose to stay at the Place de la Concorde for only a year. That one year turned […]

By Lynn -- 2 comments

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