French Skippers and French Days 6. júlí 2006 13:07 The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com News News in English Mest lesið „Hér er ekki ódýr orka í neinum alþjóðlegum samanburði“ Innlent Læknir nýtti sér sjúkraskrár til að afla viðskiptavina Innlent „Kennarar eiga ekki að vera í einhverjum lögguhlutverki“ Innlent Setti byssukúlu í póstkassa: „Næsta kemur ekki í umslagi“ Innlent Stefnir Hödd vegna ásökunar um nauðgun Innlent Bandaríska utanríkisráðuneytið tjáir sig ekki um undirróðursherferð Erlent Gunnfaxi ekki á safnið nema annar þristur fáist á sandinn Innlent Lögreglan vill ná tali af þremur mönnum Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Kjördæmapot og pólitískar sveiflur megi ekki ráða för Innlent
The annual Skippers d Islande race is currently taking place, a boat race from Paimpol in France to Reykjavík, Iceland. The race was founded to commemorate the French fishermen who came to Iceland at the end of the nineteenth century to fish. The boat race set off from France on June 24th and the skippers arrived in Reykjavik yesterday. Today the Alliance Francaise invites them to a welcome drink and the crews of the boats will walk up the Laugavegur main shopping street at 18.30. On Friday and Saturday "French Days" will be taking place in the city, a promotion of French products organised by the French-Icelandic Chamber of Commerce. The boats leave for Grundarfjörður, west Iceland on Saturday at 13.00 and return to France on July 21st to finish the race. For further info visit www.skippersdislande.com
News News in English Mest lesið „Hér er ekki ódýr orka í neinum alþjóðlegum samanburði“ Innlent Læknir nýtti sér sjúkraskrár til að afla viðskiptavina Innlent „Kennarar eiga ekki að vera í einhverjum lögguhlutverki“ Innlent Setti byssukúlu í póstkassa: „Næsta kemur ekki í umslagi“ Innlent Stefnir Hödd vegna ásökunar um nauðgun Innlent Bandaríska utanríkisráðuneytið tjáir sig ekki um undirróðursherferð Erlent Gunnfaxi ekki á safnið nema annar þristur fáist á sandinn Innlent Lögreglan vill ná tali af þremur mönnum Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Kjördæmapot og pólitískar sveiflur megi ekki ráða för Innlent