France Travel Guide

Rock-en-Seine 2010 © Sylvere.h This summer, classical music fans get a look-in for once when it comes to music festivals in Paris. In the beautiful surroundings of the Orangerie du Parc de Bagatelle, the 19th annual programme by Octuor de France runs until 15 August, with concerts featuring the music of Haydn, Schubert and Mozart (www.octuordefrance.com ). In the centre of town, the 25th Festival Musique en l’Ile runs until 15 September with 20 concerts at... Read More

Spending The Weekend In Lyon, Without Spending Your Money! Free Events This Weekend In Lyon: February, Fri. 11th – Sat. 12th, 2011 (Psst! Click on the highlighted links to get a venue description and map for each event location.) Friday, February 11th , 2011 Event: Joachim Expert Description: Piano Location: 7 Neuf Café Time: From 6:30pm Event: Mister Dji Description: Reggae Location: Le Phoebus Time: From 10:30pm Event: Red Fisch Description:... Read More

Photo by Christina Rebuffet-Broadus Around 40 cm of snow dumped on Grenoble this past week, giving two things to the city: one heck of a traffic jam and a very Christmas-y atmosphere. Seeing these two snow-flocked trees along the road made the hour-long creep to the office a little more bearable! With so much snow and a sunny weekend announced, you can expect to see pretty much all of Grenoble at the ski resorts. Chamrousse and Autrans are around a... Read More