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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
The Troyes tourist office has designated a special office to
deal with the needs of dog owners, under the label
‘Toutourisme’ – toutou being the name given to
doggywoggies in French. France is a leading European pet
owning country, with 26% of the population being dog
owners. 25.9% are cat owners.
A free dossier provides dog owners with a list of hotels and
restaurants that welcome them, as well as details of vets. The
scheme is being operated in conjunction with dog food
manufacturers Royal Canin, the Magazine 30 millions d’amis
and the supermarket Les Mousquetaires.
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Strasbourg has extended its tram network which will be in
use from August 25. There will then be a direct line from
north to south – route E. The system will also provide a link
to the European Parliament for the first time. A rollerblade
rally along the new route and an open-air cinema show will
inaugurate the line. Further extensions are planned on line B
for early 2008 into the south-west of the city as far as
Lingolsheim.
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
Bypassing opponents means that ‘missing link’ of Europe can be joined up by rail, putting Lyon at just one and three quarter hours from Turin.
The high-speed train line
which will cover the
200km between Lyon and
Turin looks set to become a
reality. The link is considered
a priority by the European
Union as part of the fifth
corridor connecting Lisbon
and Kiev.
According to Italian
newspaper reports, the
itinerary for the track has
been changed so that it
bypasses the two areas which
disputed the line – the town
of Venauset and the Suse
valley. The track will now
bend to the right, coming out
of the mountain near
the town of
Colombera di Chiomonte. It
has not changed on the
French side or on the 46km
under the Alps.
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
A revival of traditional baking is keeping communities close.
The four banal or
village wood-fired
oven is making a come
back. A surprising number of
villages in the French Alps,
particularly on the shores of
Lake Annecy, know have
bake days. These are often
timed to coincide with
village festivals and videgreniers.
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
Guides around the Mont Blanc say it’s all in the attitude for happy hiking.
In the Chamonix valley it
is raining buckets. The
clouds are so low that
they hug the snow line, and
the Bossons glacier seems to
knife down straight out of
the sky. With high winds
whipping around Mont Blanc
and the cable car closed, any
plans of an ascent have to be
scrapped. At Chamonix
Experience in Argentière,
guides Simon Abrahams and
Dean Staples are chatting
with their clients to rethink
their programme.
Abrahams is one of 35
registered foreign guides
who live permanently in the
valley, whereas New
Zealander Staples, who has
just arrived for a month from
the Himalayas, joins dozens
of others who flock to
Chamonix for summer work.
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