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 Líf ólíklega í hættu en byggð gæti gjöreyðilagst Innlent „Þetta eru atburðir sem við höfum aldrei séð áður“ Innlent Svava Lydia komin í leitirnar Innlent Afsökunarbeiðni til Ólafar ekki í kortunum Innlent Reyndu að sprengja upp hraðbanka sem stendur allt af sér Innlent Segir afnám samsköttunar svik við kjósendur Innlent Kvikugangur frá Krýsuvík gæti náð inn í Heiðmörk Innlent Viðurkenndi brot gegn barnungri systur en sýknaður Innlent Saka Bandaríkin um kúgun og svara fyrir sig Erlent Halla gerði hlé vegna veikinda veislugests 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 Líf ólíklega í hættu en byggð gæti gjöreyðilagst Innlent „Þetta eru atburðir sem við höfum aldrei séð áður“ Innlent Svava Lydia komin í leitirnar Innlent Afsökunarbeiðni til Ólafar ekki í kortunum Innlent Reyndu að sprengja upp hraðbanka sem stendur allt af sér Innlent Segir afnám samsköttunar svik við kjósendur Innlent Kvikugangur frá Krýsuvík gæti náð inn í Heiðmörk Innlent Viðurkenndi brot gegn barnungri systur en sýknaður Innlent Saka Bandaríkin um kúgun og svara fyrir sig Erlent Halla gerði hlé vegna veikinda veislugests Innlent