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Events in France, Italy and
throughout Western Europe for
October - 2008
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Bonjour,
Bienvenue! We are Your French Connexion - your personal travel
consultants for European travel. To
enhance and inspire your travel plans we want to share with you major events
in France, Italy and throughout Europe.
Interested in other events or experiences? Let us know, we'll be
happy to research them for you.
Paris, France
Paris Opéra Bastille
Operas rotate during the week.
Will post when new season is available.
Palais
Garnier: Ballets are different week by
week and some rotate the last week of the month.
Email Us or call 206
363 6575
to book opera and ballet tickets for your trip
Musée d'Orsay:
Orsay Museum
1, rue de la Ligion d'Honneur, 75007 Metro:
Musee d'Orsay
www.musee-orsay.fr/
Masques, de Carpeaux à Picasso From
October 21 2008 to February 10 2009
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Paris Louvre
Phone: 33 (0)1 40 20 51 51
Metro: Palais-Royal/Louvre
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Le Futurisme et Paris
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU - Marais/Les Halles (PARIS 04) From
October 15 2008 to January 26 2009
Picasso et les maîtres - GALERIES
NATIONALES DU GRAND PALAIS - Champs-Elysées/Musée du Louvre (PARIS 08)
- From October 06 2008 to February 02 2009
Winter and spring is the
time to rent your apartment or villa with us
for Fall.
Call and let us help you find the right location and rental
range.
Email
Us or call
206 363 6575
Alsace
Wine harvests, film festival in
Colmar, and many Fete of the Grapes throughout Alsace
Nice
- Indoor Super Cross (Acropolis - Expositions).
- Nice–Matin real estate trade fair (Acropolis).
- Fête patronale de la Ville de Nice Sainte Réparate
(Old-Nice).
- Mushroom Exhibition (Parc Floral Phœnix).
French
Riviera
- World Underwater Image Festival in Antibes
- Chestnut Festival in Tende
Toulouse
Toulouse International Organ Festival
- September 28 - October 14 - Toulouse, France
Winter
and spring is the time to rent your apartment or villa with us.
Call and let us help you find the right location and rental range.
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Us or call 206 363 6575
Fun for Kids and Children of All
Ages
Please ask us for more ideas to bring Europe
alive for children
La Flèche Zoo - all year
Sarthe France
Known for its amazing bird shows
featuring parrots and birds of prey. Beautiful habitats punctuate tours
through this natural setting: polar bears with under water viewings, Chinese
pandas, and African plain for elephants, arctic wolves, unique to Europe.
Cinéaqua - Paris |
Cinéaqua, and audiovisual aquarium, gives you the
chance to discover the universe at the bottom of the sea in the
form of cartoons, music, and other audiovisual productions. The
space also organizes educational workshops, aquatic adventures
filled with puzzles to solve, and more than 41 pools and tanks
housing nearly 10000 fish and other invertebrae.
Open all year round.
http://www.cineaqua.com/
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The City of the Sea
Cherbourg -
Manche France
a vast scientific and
cultural venue and most importantly, a place of oceanographic
discovery and under-water adventure. Le Redoutable the
biggest submarine in the world accessible to the public plus the
ocean section with one of the deepest aquariums in Europe containing
more than 3500 fish.
http://www.citedelamer.com/uk/
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The Isle of Birds - Situated
in the heart of the Essonne on the outskirts of Paris, the Ile
aux oiseaux (The Isle of Birds) is a beautifully wild, unspoiled
garden that provides a natural habitat for a wide range of
animals and plants. The park is open all year-long, and
when the weather gets cold visitors can go to the various indoor
areas.
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The Story of Paris for Children
Children 8-12 - 12 Euro.
The
price includes activities, the Paris Story show and snacks |
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Go back in time
2000 years with the greatest multimedia show ever produced about Paris!
Victor Hugo will guide you through the centuries of the Parisian
history. Simultaneous translation in English is available at each
showing.
www.paris-story.com
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More Events
throughout Europe
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Spain in October
Rallye Catalunya,
Salou, Costa Dorada - 3 - 5 October 2008
Extraordinary driving over ordinary roads.
Possibly the event where the world championship will be decided.
Street processions with beautiful flowers,
theatre performances, live music and dancing in the city's squares in honour
of the Virgin of Pilar.
Scotland
in October
Golf: Dunhill Links
Championship - St. Andrews, Carnoustie, Scotland - Mid-October
Golf: Alfred Dunhill Links
Championship - 2nd - 5th October 2008 - St Andrews, Carnoustie & Kingsbarns,
Fife
A 72-hole stroke play pro-am tournament played over three of the world's most
spectacular links courses and featuring some of the best golfers in the world,
together with A-list names from the fields of sport and entertainment.
Tunnock's Tour of Mull
Rally - 10th - 12th October 2008 - Mull
Claimed to be 'the best rally in the world', the thrilling Tunnock's Tour of
Mull sees cars compete against the clock over the island's often single-track
public roads, with lots of hairpins, steep hills and big drops! Come and compete
or spectate and party in one of Mull's biggest events of the year.
Callander Jazz & Blues
Festival - 3rd - 5th October - Callander, near Stirling
A long weekend of jazz and blues provided by over 30 international, national and
local bands at various venues in this eastern gateway town to the Loch Lomond &
Trossachs National Park.
Glasgay! - 1st
October - 9th November 2008 - Glasgow
Scotland's annual celebration of queer culture and the UK's largest multi-arts
gay festival is back to celebrate its 14th year with events spanning comedy,
music, film, theatre, visual art, performance art, literature, club nights,
education events and community arts projects.
The Ideal Home Show Scotland -
11th - 19th
October 2008 - Glasgow
Inspirational ideas for stylish interiors and exteriors, celebrity advice, some
200 exhibitors, great new products, thousands of special offers and bags of
shopping.
England
in October
Capital of Culture 2008
Liverpool - World class museums, music and
culture including Beatles History - many great events throughout the year.
www.liverpool08.com
The European Capital of Culture is an EU project designed to
highlight the culture of the continent – selecting a city that illustrates and
deserves the title of ‘Capital of Culture’. Competition is always fierce, as
every city bids to showcase its contribution to the world’s cultural landscape.
As of 2000, the award has often gone to two or more cities, and in 2008,
Liverpool shares the title with Stavanger in Norway.
London Theatre
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Sample of
shows available - ask us for more selections. (Tickets available
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- Bad Girls
- Billy Elliot
- Blood Brothers
- Chicago
- Dirty Dancing
- Footloose
- Grease
- Hair Spray
- Lion King
- Lord of the Rings
- Mamma Mia
- Mary Poppins
- Spamalot
- We Will Rock You
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Us or call
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These
are but a very small sampling of events for kids of all ages from 8
to 80. Please contact us for your favorite cultural, sport or summer
activities.
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