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 Mótmæla heimsókn Ursulu von der Leyen Innlent Greindist með MND 27 ára: „Lífið er of stutt til að vera neikvæður“ Innlent „Langþreytt á að það séu boðaðir fundir þegar eitthvað kemur upp á“ Innlent „Raunhæfur möguleiki“ að hitamet falli á morgun Veður Segjast hafa „útrýmt“ banamönnum ofurstans Erlent Fagna áttatíu ára afmæli millilandaflugs Íslendinga Innlent „Eini rasisminn sem ég hef upplifað á Íslandi er frá lögreglunni“ Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Mörg hundruð börn hittist og drekki sig full í sumarpartýum Innlent Hótar að svipta Rosie O'Donnell ríkisborgararétti Erlent
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 Mótmæla heimsókn Ursulu von der Leyen Innlent Greindist með MND 27 ára: „Lífið er of stutt til að vera neikvæður“ Innlent „Langþreytt á að það séu boðaðir fundir þegar eitthvað kemur upp á“ Innlent „Raunhæfur möguleiki“ að hitamet falli á morgun Veður Segjast hafa „útrýmt“ banamönnum ofurstans Erlent Fagna áttatíu ára afmæli millilandaflugs Íslendinga Innlent „Eini rasisminn sem ég hef upplifað á Íslandi er frá lögreglunni“ Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í mótorhjólaslysinu Innlent Mörg hundruð börn hittist og drekki sig full í sumarpartýum Innlent Hótar að svipta Rosie O'Donnell ríkisborgararétti Erlent