January 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS

Cycling

17.01.2007 21.01.2007 Tour Down Under
24.01.2007 28.01.2007 Tour of Wellington
18.02.2007 25.02.2007 Amgen Tour of California
11.03.2007 18.03.2007 Paris - Nice
14.03.2007 20.03.2007 Tirreno - Adriatico
24.03.2007 24.03.2007 Milano - San Remo

Travel

February 16 to March 4 – Nice (Riviera)
"Nice Carnival" – Nice Carnival is a not-to-be-missed event. Music, decorated floats, caricatures and entertainers - all of the elements of life in this lovely French port city are on full display and in living color during this annual niçois celebration. The Nice Carnival was the first international carnival celebration to take place in France and attracts 1,200,000 visitors every year. The theme for the 2007 festival is “King of the Grand free-for-all (or scrum, in honor of the Rugby World Cup in September 2007).” www.nicecarnaval.com

February 17 to March 7 – Menton (Riviera)
"Lemon Festival" – Menton will organize its 74th Lemon Festival in 2007 with India as its guest of honour. This Festival, an unique event in the world, attracts 200.000 visitors every year - a figure which is constantly progressing -. It is the second most important event on the Riviera after the Nice Carnival and just ahead of the Monaco Formula 1. More than 300 people are employed on the project and 130 tons of citrus fruits are used - www.villedementon.com.

10-25 February 2007

Carnival in Barcelona epitomises some of the more gluttonous aspects of traditional celebration. The time before the Lenten fast is spent indulging in the very best of soon-to-be-forbidden pleasures, and for Barcelonans this means a gargantuan feast dedicated to anything particularly fatty. http://www.carnaval.com/main.htm

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WEB LINKS

http://www.letapedutour.com/ - Amateur day on the Tour de France

http://www.sport.be/cycling/rondevanvlaanderen/2007/eng/ - Amateur day on the Tour of Flanders

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/eng-fren.html - glossary of English to French bicycle terms

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PROMOTION

FREE: Eddy Merckx Jersey to every person who enrolls in one of our Tour de France tours between January 15 and January 31, 2007. See list of tours French Grand Tour - Must mention this newsletter!

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