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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Umfangsmiklar og óútskýrðar rafmagnstruflanir á Íberíuskaga Erlent Ráðist að fólki við Breiðholtsskóla um hábjartan dag Innlent Rafmagnsleysið „fordæmalaust“ en engar vísbendingar um tölvuárás Erlent Benedikt telur undanbrögð útvarpsstjóra grátleg Innlent Vilja láta rannsaka aðild flóttateymis í máli Oscars Innlent Allt á áætlun en Spánarfarar beðnir um að fylgjast með Innlent Engin hópnauðgun um páskana á borði lögreglu Innlent Réðust á tvo menn á göngu Innlent Vissu ekki að þeir væru að ræna Kim Kardashian 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 Hafi verið látinn fljúga þrátt fyrir þekkt andleg veikindi Innlent Umfangsmiklar og óútskýrðar rafmagnstruflanir á Íberíuskaga Erlent Ráðist að fólki við Breiðholtsskóla um hábjartan dag Innlent Rafmagnsleysið „fordæmalaust“ en engar vísbendingar um tölvuárás Erlent Benedikt telur undanbrögð útvarpsstjóra grátleg Innlent Vilja láta rannsaka aðild flóttateymis í máli Oscars Innlent Allt á áætlun en Spánarfarar beðnir um að fylgjast með Innlent Engin hópnauðgun um páskana á borði lögreglu Innlent Réðust á tvo menn á göngu Innlent Vissu ekki að þeir væru að ræna Kim Kardashian Erlent